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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARIUM | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 87.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOPHENONE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-AMINE | 0 | Leaf | 2.8 | 3.3 | -0.90 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYLASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 0.6 | 12.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | 70.0 | 700.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 1.0 | 145.0 | 2.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BRASSININ | 3 | Leaf | not available | 1.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BROMINE | 0 | Leaf | 0.2 | 37.0 | -0.22 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| BUTANEDIONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| BUTENYL-CYANIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYL-CYANIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | 0.5 | 77.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 290.0 | 19500.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Retinoprotectant Optometry | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |