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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SINAPOYL-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 5.8 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 1.0 45.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 20 Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *