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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
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HEXOXIDASE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
HISTAMINE 18 Leaf Wealth of India.
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 250.0 3343.0 -1.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROXYDIMETHYLBENZOPHENONE 0 Leaf *
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Leaf *
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Plant *
INDOLE-3-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL 32 Leaf *
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL 32 Plant *
INDOLE-3-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
INDOLE-3-CARBOXIC-ACID 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
INDOYL-3,3'-DIMETHANE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Leaf 4.0 151.0 -0.54 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 610.0 8156.0 -1.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOMENTHOL 1 Leaf *
ISOMENTHOL 1 Plant *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf 100.0 300.0 0.77 Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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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.