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Plant Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Kohlrabi
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
gongylodes
Variety Author
L.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Stem 10.0 110.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Stem 0.5 5.5 -1.37 Duke, 1992 *
THIOPHEN-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIOPHEN-3-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Stem 490.0 5445.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TOLUENE 1 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Stem 100.0 1110.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Stem 500.0 5555.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VINYLPYRAZINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Stem 1.5 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Stem 910000.0 921000.0 0.62 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
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *