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

Common Names
Kale; Curly Kale; Kitchen Kale; Scotch Kale
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
acephala
Variety Author
DC

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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
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf 1.0 6.0 -0.84 *
PHENETHYLAMINE 3 Leaf 3.0 -0.39 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 560.0 3600.0 -0.25 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf 6.2 1.15 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 4270.0 30000.0 -0.02 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1960.0 12610.0 0.20 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 33000.0 212350.0 0.01 *
PUFA 4 Leaf 3380.0 21750.0 0.30 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 7.0 50.0 -0.35 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 8.0 -0.14 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 1390.0 8945.0 -0.41 *
SFA 0 Leaf 910.0 5855.0 -0.39 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 290.0 3650.0 0.00 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 40.0 260.0 -0.45 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 7.0 -0.27 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1470.0 9460.0 -0.11 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 12 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *