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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
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Stem not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Stem not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
3(OR_5)-METHYLTHIOPHEN-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Stem not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-ENONE 0 Stem not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-(METHYLTHIO)-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Stem not available 3.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-INDOLYLACETONITRILE 0 Stem not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLBUTANONITRILE 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYLPROPANONITRILE 0 Stem not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTANONITRILE 0 Stem not available 27.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Stem not available 6.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLTHIOBUTAN-2-ONE 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-(METHYLTHIO)-PENTANONITRILE 0 Stem not available 61.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Stem 260.0 2889.0 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
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *