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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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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 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
SULFORAPHANE 5 Leaf 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 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Shoot 22.0 -0.16 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Shoot 3.6 -0.70 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 10.0 0.35 *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf *
THREO-1-CYANO-2-HYDROXY-3,4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Plant *
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 *
TRANS-2-HEXENAL 4 Leaf Wealth of India.
TRANS-2-PENTENOL 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf *
TRITHIONE 0 Leaf 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 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 11 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 8 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.