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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
Hematopoietic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 11 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Martindale's 29th
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th