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Plant 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 Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYLAMINE 3 Leaf not available 3.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 560.0 3600.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf not available 6.2 1.15 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 4270.0 30000.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
PROGOITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1960.0 12610.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 33000.0 212350.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Leaf 3380.0 21750.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 7.0 50.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 8.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 1390.0 8945.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Leaf 910.0 5855.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SINIGRIN 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 290.0 3650.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 40.0 260.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 7.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1470.0 9460.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 8 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 2 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.