An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Brassica oleracea var. capitata l. (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
Variety Author
L.

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 240.0 3209.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LANTHANUM 0 Leaf 6.7 20.3 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 5.8 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 630.0 8423.0 -1.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 350.0 4680.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.3 1.4 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE 4 Leaf 570.0 7621.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 100.0 2228.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 45.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 120.0 1604.0 -1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf 3.4 22.7 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.