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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
BARIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 87.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOPHENONE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 2.8 3.3 -0.90 Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.6 12.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 70.0 700.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Leaf 1.0 145.0 2.28 Duke, 1992 *
BRASSININ 3 Leaf not available 1.3 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BROMINE 0 Leaf 0.2 37.0 -0.22 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANEDIONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BUTENYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.4 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 0.5 77.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 290.0 19500.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 8 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.