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Plant Brassica pekinensis (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 2.0 56.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 28.0 42.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Leaf 0.0 0.1 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 190000.0 210000.0 1.61 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Leaf 13.3 21.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Leaf 13.3 21.0 -1.10 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available 11.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 11780.0 16800.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.3 0.3 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf 0.2 0.2 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.9 3.2 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 6.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 28.5 63.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 3.8 4.2 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Leaf 0.8 0.8 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 2850.0 3150.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 9.5 10.5 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Leaf 1.3 1.5 -0.38 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
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 3 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.