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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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
RHODANIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.0 4.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 27.5 -0.50 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUBROBRASSINCHLORIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.0 15.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 710.0 9493.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Leaf 1.0 25.0 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SILVER 3 Leaf 0.1 0.6 1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf 13.0 67.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed not available 44.7 -1.00 Abstract (See species file)
SODIUM 1 Leaf 141.0 4510.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SPATHULENOL 0 Shoot not available 90.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
SPIROBRASSININ 2 Leaf not available 35.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 10.0 134.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 4 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *