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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Brussels-Sprouts; Brussel-Sprout
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
gemmifera
Variety Author
DC

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1-O-P-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
2-HYDROXY-BUT-3-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 990.0 7069.0 0.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 4.0 63.0 -0.92 *
ANTEISO-HEPTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
ANTEISO-MONTANYL-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf *
ANTEPENTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Leaf 10.0 71.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Leaf 2030.0 14494.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 720.0 6069.0 0.12 *
ASH 0 Leaf 13700.0 97818.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 5.0 41.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 170.0 1700.0 -0.16 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Leaf 57.0 -0.12 *
BORON 4 Stem 21.0 -0.74 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 2 *
Antiseptic 7 *
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 1 *
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 9 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 5 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *