Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Brassica pekinensis (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Chinese 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
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 2.0 56.0 -0.94 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 28.0 42.0 -0.74 *
ARSENIC 2 Leaf 0.0 0.1 -0.48 *
ASH 0 Leaf 190000.0 210000.0 1.61 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 13.3 21.0 -0.99 *
BORON 4 Leaf 13.3 21.0 -1.10 *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.84 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 11.0 -0.71 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 11780.0 16800.0 -0.11 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.3 0.3 -0.62 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.2 0.2 -0.30 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.9 3.2 -0.67 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf 6.0 -0.57 *
IRON 6 Leaf 28.5 63.0 -0.76 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 3.8 4.2 -0.56 *
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.8 0.8 -0.51 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 2850.0 3150.0 -0.38 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 9.5 10.5 -0.44 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -1.06 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 1.3 1.5 -0.38 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 2 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 4 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 (View) *