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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf 4.0 20.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-B-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FIBER 15 Leaf 6000.0 106960.0 -0.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.0 2.5 -0.63 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.5 9.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available 0.1 -1.00 Wealth of India.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot not available 14.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN 1 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOERUCIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUCOIBERIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOIBERVERIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUCONAPIN 1 Seed not available 2.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 2700.0 36099.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 270.0 3610.0 -1.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GOITRIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GOITRIN 2 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
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatulent 1 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 14 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 19 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Gastrostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Genotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.