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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
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 10 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.
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lipotropic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.