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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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 32580.0 | 250000.0 | 0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 25.0 | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.4 | 10.0 | -0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RUTIN | 87 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 0.7 | 10.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEC-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | not available | 0.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Stem | not available | 0.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | 107.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFORAPHANE | 5 | 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. |
| TETRACOSAN-1-OL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-Protective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 7 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Genotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |