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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
Radioprotective 1 Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant 2 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.
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 *
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 2 Martindale's 29th
Sedative 6 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
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 2 *
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.