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. 2015 Jul 20;20(7):13089–13111. doi: 10.3390/molecules200713089

Table 4.

Glucosinolate content (μmol·g−1 DW) in edible organs of cabbage, kale, kohlrabi and cauliflower.

Common Name (Edible Organ) Aliphatic Indolic Aromatic
GER GRA GNA PRO GIV GIB SIN GAL GBN GNL GRE GBS 4HGBS MGBS NGBS GST
Cabbage (Leaf) 0.090 1.024 0.000b 0.126 0.004b 1.176 0.065 0.000 0.020ab 0.000 0.851 1.906 0.000 0.078b 0.105 0.141ab
Kale (Leaf) 0.000 0.204 0.000b 0.148 0.000b 0.427 0.201 0.000 0.013ab 0.000 0.074 1.146 0.000 0.126b 0.637 0.119ab
Kohlrabi (Stem) 0.000 0.303 0.000b 0.333 2.115a 1.247 0.601 0.000 0.071a 0.000 0.079 0.434 0.000 0.046b 0.120 0.006b
Cauliflower (Floret) 0.000 0.060 0.053a 0.080 0.000b 0.406 0.073 0.115 0.006b 0.117 0.524 0.252 0.044 1.093a 0.621 1.185a
SE 0.255 0.009 0.040 0.323 0.318 0.133 0.029 0.010 0.029 0.211 0.493 0.008 0.165 0.171 0.187 0.187
p (subspecies) 0.44 0.61 0.052 0.10 0.011 0.73 0.50 0.44 0.06 0.44 0.55 0.69 0.07 0.033 0.57 0.056

Different letters indicate significant difference. GER, glucoerucin; GRA, glucoraphanin; GNA, gluconapin; PRO, progoitrin; GIV, glucoiberverin; GIB, glucoiberin; SIN, sinigrin; GAL, glucoalyssin; GBN, glucobrassicanapin; GNL, gluconapoleiferin; GRE, glucoraphenin; GBS, glucobrassicin; 4HGBS; 4-hydroxy glucobrassicin; MGBS, methoxyglucobrassicin; NGBS, neoglucobrassicin; GST, gluconasturtiin.