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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
STRONTIUM 0 Leaf 3.0 870.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SULFORAPHANE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SULFUR 14 Leaf 385.0 8750.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot not available 22.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Shoot not available 3.6 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 10.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 420.0 5615.0 -1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 0.4 203.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRANS-2-PENTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRITHIONE 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.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 120.0 1604.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 210.0 2807.0 -1.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UBIQUINONE 8 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.
VALINE 3 Leaf 520.0 6952.0 -1.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.5 14.5 1.31 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
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *