Plant Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Kohlrabi

How this plant is used

Food

Variety

gongylodes

Variety Author

L.

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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
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
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	5	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.