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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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf 20.0 200.0 0.27 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 53700.0 717969.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARVONE 19 Leaf *
CARVONE 19 Plant *
CHLORINE 7 Leaf 120.0 -0.64 Wealth of India.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 1200.0 -0.42 Wealth of India.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.0 8.7 0.10 *
CIS-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.0 2.9 -0.28 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 0.3 87.0 1.63 *
CROCETIN 10 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 229.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-(DI-P-COUMAROYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 229.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(DIFERULYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 214.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(DISINAPYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 257.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-(P-COUMAROYL)-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-FERULYL-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 243.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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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.