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Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
Variety Author
L.
| 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 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |