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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Leaf 80.0 2400.0 -1.00 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 214.0 6500.0 0.28 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Flower 0.2 3.4 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 110.0 1471.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1140.0 42500.0 0.54 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PROGOITRIN 1 Seed 1.9 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 2380.0 31821.0 2.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROP-2-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
PROP-2-ENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant *
PROPENYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf *
PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 10780.0 179425.0 -0.32 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Leaf *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 2.0 100.0 -0.35 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 16 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 11 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 14 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 12 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 12 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.