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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.
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
COPPER 12 Leaf 3.0 20.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 440.0 2830.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf not available 5.5 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 7000.0 45050.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 15000.0 96500.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.3 2.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOIBERIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCONAPIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 3740.0 24065.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 1590.0 10232.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 690.0 4440.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-CARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 15.0 110.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1970.0 12675.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPENTYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 0.5 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available 13.0 -0.69 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
Antiinflammatory 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 2 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-B4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *