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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
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 240.0 3209.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LANTHANUM 0 Leaf 6.7 20.3 0.27 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 5.8 -0.53 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 630.0 8423.0 -1.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 350.0 4680.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.3 1.4 -0.50 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LYSINE 4 Leaf 570.0 7621.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 100.0 2228.0 -0.73 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 45.0 -0.39 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf *
MENTHOL 63 Plant *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.79 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 120.0 1604.0 -1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf 3.4 22.7 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide 2 *