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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
(E)-HEX-2-EN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYLTHIOPENTAN-3-ONE 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2(OR_3)-METHYLINDOLE 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYLOXAZOLE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Stem not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHEN-3-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Stem not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-4-METHYLTHIAZOLE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRIDINE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYLTHIOPHEN 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-FURAN 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-FURALDEHYDE 3 Stem not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-4-VINYL-PHENOL 2 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available 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
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.