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Cabbage was used in ancient times
by Greeks and Romans for its medicinal properties.
Botany
· Repolyo is the head-bearing or true cabbage, a biennial herb. Main
axis is short and thick, the leaves are densely packed, and as it grows, close
and develop into a gigantic bud of head. There are various forms of cabbage shapes: flat, round, egg-shaped, oval, or conical. Leaves vary in color, from
the common light yellowish green to dark green and dark red.
Distribution
- Cultivated from seeds.
Constituents
Contains a considerable
amount of sulfur.
Contains significant amounts of the amino acid glutamine with its antiinflammatory
properties.
Properties
Seeds are diuretic, laxative, stomachic and antihelminthic.
Leaf considered digestive and tonic.
Red cabbage is emollinet and pectoral
Possibly cholesterol-lowering, anticancer, antifungal.
Parts
utilized
Seeds, leaves.
Uses
Folkloric
· Juice of red cabbage used for
chronic coughs, bronchitis, asthma.
· Juice of white cabbage used to treat warts.
· Bruised leaves of the common white cabbage used for blisters.
· In European folk medicine, leaves are used for acute inflammation,
the paste of raw cabbage are placed on a cabbage leaf and applied to
the affected area.
Nutrition
Excellent source of vitamin C; good source
of vitamin B; fair source of vitamin A.
Studies
• Antihyperglycemic / Antioxidant: (1) Petroleum extract significantly lowered induced hyperglycemia and a significant decrease in peroxidation. Study confirms the antihyperglycemic and antioxidant activity of Brassica oleracea in stretozotocin-induced diabetes in rats. (2) Study of red cabbage extract showed the antioxidant and antihyperglycemic properties of B oleracea extract offer a potential therapeutic source for the treatment of diabetes.
• Anti-HPV / Indol-3-carbinol: Source of indol-3-carbinol, or 13C, an adjunct compound used
for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis ( head and neck disease caused
by HPV (human pappilomavirus)
• Anticancer: A Norway Study: Source of natural antioxidant glucosinolates
shown to possess anticancer properties.
•In Italy: Juice from cabbage extract shown to have antifungal
effects.
• Hypolipidemic:
Jewish study showed a cabbage and broccoli beverage to have cholesterol-lowering
effects.
• Wound healing:
Study showed administration of topical cabbage extract and egg-white once daily showed wound healing
enhancement in second degree burn wounds comparable to results obtained in the silver suphadiazin group.
• Antitrypanosomal activty:
Extract of BO was found to be effective in immobilizing trypanosomes
and rendering them not infective to mice.
• Antifungal Activty:
Study showed fresh aqueous juice was effective in inhibiting the growth of blastoconidia, reducing growth of C albicans and inhhibiting the growth of some pathogenic filamentous fungi.
• Occupational Pollen Source:
Study showed Brassica oleracea pollen is a new source of occupational allergen with strong allergenic potential causing symptoms in almost half of exposed employees.
Availability
Wild-crafted.
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