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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROP-2-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 32580.0 250000.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Sprout Seedling 25.0 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.4 10.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUTIN 87 Shoot 20.0 -0.57 *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.7 10.0 -0.56 *
SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.0 -0.38 *
SELENIUM 60 Stem 0.0 -0.43 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf 107.0 -0.15 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 221.0 1990.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 30.0 214.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf 0.0 -0.92 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
SULFORAPHANE 5 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TETRACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.3 11.0 0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1200.0 8568.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 5 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coagulant 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *