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

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.
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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 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 7.0 439.0 0.36 *
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 0.0 -0.81 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 911.0 10360.0 0.52 *
ASH 0 Leaf 2800.0 101708.0 -0.30 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 2130.0 22876.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Bud Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 9.0 138.0 -0.54 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
BORON 4 Leaf 1.0 85.0 0.65 *
BORON 4 Stem 21.0 -0.74 *
BROMINE 0 Leaf 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 8.0 -0.71 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 360.0 54247.0 2.45 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 52400.0 562776.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinotic 2 *
Antirheumatic 8 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 4 *
Antiseptic 13 *
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 3 *
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 12 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 3 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.