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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
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Stem 70.0 780.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Stem 110.0 1220.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Stem 1.6 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANE 0 Stem not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETONITRILE 0 Stem not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Stem 390.0 4333.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Stem 400.0 5110.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem 3500.0 38890.0 2.50 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Stem 11000.0 188900.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Stem 480.0 4335.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRAZINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDINE 3 Stem not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Shoot not available 20.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Stem 0.2 2.2 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Stem 130.0 1445.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Stem 200.0 2222.0 2.19 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.