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Plant 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
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf not available 0.9 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem not available 0.4 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
MONTANYL-ALCOHOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Plant 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.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 6.0 64.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NONACOSAN-10-ONE 0 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.
NONACOSANE 2 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.
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 190.0 1357.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALATE 0 Leaf 3600.0 25704.0 -0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 12.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 530.0 3784.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Leaf 20.0 142.0 -0.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 3.1 22.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 980.0 6997.0 -0.85 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 690.0 4927.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant not available 1.5 2.60 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 240.0 1710.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3670.0 29343.0 -0.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.