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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
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 10 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.