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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 25 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 *
Cardiac 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.
Cardioprotective 8 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *