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Plant 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.
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
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 1310.0 14069.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 380.0 4081.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Leaf 1410.0 15143.0 0.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 214.0 3072.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 2.0 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.1 1.17 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHANOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 340.0 3652.0 0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 0.1 3.8 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Stem not available 1.8 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Plant not available 1.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOGLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 6.4 83.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.3 7.0 -0.28 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 7000.0 71800.0 1.40 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONACOSANE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 240.0 2578.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALATE 0 Leaf 1900.0 20406.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 13.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.