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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
1-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHOXY-INDOLE-3-CARBALDEHYDE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
3,3'-DIINDOYL-METHANE 0 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf 3.0 325.0 *
4-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf 8.0 580.0 *
4-METHOXY-INDOL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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.
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
5-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETONE 3 Leaf 500.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETONE 3 Root 800.0 *
ALANINE 3 Leaf 1180.0 12673.0 0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 16 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Bud 5.0 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Leaf 1290.0 13855.0 1.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarthritic 14 *
Antiasthmatic 7 *
Antiatherogenic 2 *
Antiatherosclerotic 12 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 20 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 9 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 *
Anticancer (Colon) 3 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 4 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 3 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.