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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
ARGININE 14 Stem 1050.0 11667.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Stem 620.0 6890.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Stem 7000.0 111110.0 1.89 Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Stem 0.2 2.7 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
BUTANEDIONE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem 200.0 2665.0 -1.74 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Stem 59000.0 688900.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
CARBON-DISULFIDE 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOHEXANE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Stem 70.0 778.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2-ONE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-(2-METHYLPROPYL)-PHTHALATE 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Stem not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Stem not available 11.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Stem not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Stem not available 47.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOCTYL-PHTHALATE? 0 Stem not available 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE 0 Stem not available not available 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
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Insectifuge 5 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 5 Merck 11th Edition