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

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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
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.0	0.2	-0.63	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
COBALT	2	Leaf	0.0	0.6	-0.30	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER	12	Leaf	0.7	52.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	200.0	2148.0	-0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHANOL	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT	0	Leaf	3160.0	41242.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERULIC-ACID	61	Leaf	not available	13.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	10760.0	122866.0	-0.48	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLUORINE	0	Leaf	0.0	0.9	-1.20	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN	15	Leaf	0.6	8.4	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUCOBRASSICIN	1	Leaf	30.0	580.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOERUCIN	0	Leaf	0.0	15020.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOIBERIN	1	Leaf	0.0	248.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONAPOLEIFERIN	0	Leaf	9.0	135.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONASTURTIN	1	Leaf	0.0	145.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).