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Plant Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bok-Choy, Celery Cabbage, Celery Mustard, Chinese Cabbage, Chinese Mustard, Chinese White Cabbage, Pak-Choi
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
3 ALANINE Leaf 860.0 18378.0 1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Leaf 510.0 10899.0 0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Leaf 2.0 56.0 -0.94 *
14 ARGININE Leaf 840.0 17951.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 450.0 9713.0 0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Leaf 8000.0 170960.0 0.92 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Leaf 1080.0 23080.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
53 BETA-CAROTENE Leaf 18.0 385.0 0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
28 CALCIUM Leaf 1050.0 22440.0 0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf 21800.0 465866.0 -1.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
2 CYSTINE Leaf 170.0 3633.0 0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 FAT Leaf 2000.0 42740.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 FIBER Leaf 6000.0 128220.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 GLUCOALYSSIN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
1 GLUCOBRASSICIN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 GLUCOIBERVERIN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 GLUCONAPOLEIFERIN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
8 GLUTAMIC-ACID Leaf 3600.0 76932.0 2.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
12 GLYCINE Leaf 430.0 9189.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 HEXACOSAN-1-OL Leaf -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.