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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
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 7 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.