Plant Brassica oleracea var. italica (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Broccoli; Heading Broccoli; Sprouting Broccoli; Cape Broccoli; Purple Cauliflower; Asparagus Broccoli; Winter Broccoli; Calabrese

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-LIPOIC-ACID	1	Plant	95.0	940.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	7.0	439.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	1.0	27.0	-0.75	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1450.0	15573.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.81	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	911.0	10360.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	2800.0	101708.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	2130.0	22876.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	9.0	138.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
BORON	4	Leaf	1.0	85.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	not available	21.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	-1.06	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM	3	Leaf	0.0	0.2	-0.79	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	8.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	360.0	54247.0	2.45	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	52400.0	562776.0	-0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	22	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *