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

Common Names
Kohlrabi
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
gongylodes
Variety Author
L.
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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
(E)-HEX-2-EN-1-OL 0 Stem 0.1 *
(Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Stem 0.2 *
1-METHYLTHIOPENTAN-3-ONE 0 Stem 0.1 *
2(OR_3)-METHYLINDOLE 0 Stem 0.2 *
2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Plant *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Stem 0.1 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYLOXAZOLE 0 Stem 0.0 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE 0 Stem 0.2 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Stem 0.4 *
2,5-DIMETHYLTHIOPHEN-3-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Stem 0.0 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Stem 0.6 *
2-ACETYL-4-METHYLTHIAZOLE 0 Stem 0.0 *
2-ACETYL-FURAN 0 Stem 0.0 *
2-ACETYL-PYRIDINE 0 Stem 0.0 *
2-ACETYLTHIAZOLE 0 Stem *
2-ACETYLTHIOPHEN 0 Stem 0.0 *
2-ETHYL-FURAN 0 Stem 0.1 *
2-FURALDEHYDE 3 Stem 0.4 *
2-METHOXY-4-VINYL-PHENOL 2 Stem 0.2 *
2-METHYL-6-VINYLPYRAZINE 0 Stem 0.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Oxidant 1 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 10 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *