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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
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-BUT-3-ENYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-INDOYL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Leaf 1660.0 10680.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 359.0 785.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Stem 9.0 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3) 0 Flower not available 15260.0 1.24 Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Leaf not available 0.7 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Leaf 20.0 130.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Leaf 1840.0 11840.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 1200.0 7720.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 15000.0 98500.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 2950.0 18985.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 3.8 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 50.0 345.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1200.0 7725.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 100000.0 644000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 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.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
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.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *