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Plant Brassica chinensis (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Cabbage; Pak-Choi; Chinese Mustard; Bok-Choy; Celery Mustard; Chinese White Cabbage; Celery Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 390.0 8334.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 890.0 19019.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 106.0 5844.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 90.0 1923.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 107.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 140.0 2992.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 220.0 4701.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 440.0 9402.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 370.0 7907.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1804.0 69143.0 1.71 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 310.0 6625.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 15000.0 320550.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.7 15.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 480.0 10258.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 295.0 21477.0 3.17 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf 10.0 214.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.4 9.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 490.0 10471.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 150.0 3206.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 290.0 6197.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *