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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.

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
METHYL-SULFINYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SULFONYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 8.7 2.96 Duke, 1992 *
MONOBUTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOOCTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(1)-METHOXYBRASSININ 0 Leaf not available 63.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Leaf not available 0.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 2.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 3.7 1.38 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 1.4 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
NAPOLEIFERIN 0 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.