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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
-METHOXYBRASSITIN 3 Leaf 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,2-DITHIACYCLOPENT-4-ENE-3-THIONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-CYANO-2,3-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-2,3-EPITHIOPROPANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3-BUTENE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3-BUTENE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOPENTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3,4-EPITHIOPENTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-3-METHYL-THIO-PROPANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTANE 0 Leaf *
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTANE 0 Plant *
1-CYANO-4-METHYL-THIO-BUTANE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHOXY-3-INDOYL-METHYL 0 Leaf *
1-METHOXY-3-INDOYL-METHYL 0 Plant *
1-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *