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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYANIDIN-3-MALONYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 171.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-SINAPYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 257.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-5-O-GLUCOSIDE-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN 5 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.
CYCLOBRASSININ 3 Leaf not available 4.3 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 100.0 1337.0 -1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIINDOLYLMETHANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIINDOLYLMETHANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf 2.0 2.8 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ERYTHRO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 1.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHYL-METHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 0.9 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT 0 Leaf 1090.0 33559.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed not available 350000.0 0.45 Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *