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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
METHYL-SULFINYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf *
METHYL-SULFONYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 8.7 2.96 *
MONOBUTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf *
MONOOCTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf *
N-(1)-METHOXYBRASSININ 0 Leaf 63.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Leaf 0.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 2.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 3.7 1.38 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-NONACOSANE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 1.4 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
NAPOLEIFERIN 0 Seed 0.1 *
NARCOTINE 6 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 3 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.