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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUCORAPHANIN 1 Leaf 255.0 8990.0 *
GLUCOSINOLATES 0 Leaf 70.0 2120.0 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 3750.0 40275.0 0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GYLCINE 0 Leaf 950.0 10203.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
HEX-CIS-3-ENOL-ACETATE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 500.0 5370.0 0.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
INDOLE-3-CARBINOL 32 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
IRON 6 Leaf 8.0 109.0 -0.64 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1090.0 11707.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISORHAMNETIN-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISORHAMNETIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISORHAMNETIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 280.0 3007.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 1.0 -0.64 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 2 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *