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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.
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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
METHYL-SULFINYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SULFONYL-ALKYL-ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 8.7 2.96 Duke, 1992 *
MONOBUTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOOCTYLPHTHALATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(1)-METHOXYBRASSININ 0 Leaf not available 63.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Leaf not available 0.3 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Leaf 0.5 2.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 1.4 1.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
NAPOLEIFERIN 0 Seed not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *