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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VALINE 3 Leaf 660.0 14104.0 0.40 *
WATER 0 Leaf 950000.0 956400.0 0.74 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 *
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 4 *
Antioxidant 9 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *