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

Common Names
Collards; Cow Cabbage; Tall Kale; Tree Kale; Spring-Heading Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALANINE 3 Leaf 670.0 10981.0 -0.38 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Leaf 800.0 13112.0 -0.42 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 233.0 3819.0 -0.09 *
ASH 0 Leaf 5500.0 90145.0 -0.51 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 1200.0 19668.0 -0.46 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 20.0 328.0 0.29 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1170.0 19180.0 0.05 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 37600.0 616264.0 0.04 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.0 43.0 0.42 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 160.0 2624.0 -0.25 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2200.0 36058.0 -0.41 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 5700.0 93423.0 -0.84 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 0.8 2.4 -0.79 *
GLUCOBRASSICANAPIN 1 Seed *
GLUCONAPIN 1 Seed *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 1310.0 21471.0 -0.89 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 600.0 9834.0 -0.15 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 300.0 4917.0 -0.23 *
IRON 6 Leaf 6.0 102.0 -0.66 *
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Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 3 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 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 *
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 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th