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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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available 34.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 395.0 3177.0 -1.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf 60.0 600.0 2.61 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 89600.0 639744.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.0 5.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMESTROL 13 Shoot not available 400.0 1.32 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 220.0 1571.0 -1.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 28560.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 10.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 15100.0 107814.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.6 4.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICIN 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.
GLUCOERUCIN 0 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.
GLUCOIBERIN 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.
GLUCOIBERVERIN 0 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.
GLUCOPUTRANJIVIN 0 Seed 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.
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Seed 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.
HEPTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mutagenic 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematiovistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.