Cabbage, Brassica oleracea

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Family:

Brassicaceae

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Medicinal Garden

Women's health

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Medicinal Garden information:

Women's health

Glucosinolate, an organic compound found in cabbage, may change how estrogen is released, thus contributing to its antithyroid effects.

Detailed information:

Breast-feeding women sometimes apply cabbage leaves and cabbage leaf extracts to their breasts to relieve swelling and pain; ? Glucosinolates, such as indole-3-carbinol found in cabbage, may change how estrogen is released.

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Cabbage