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Common Names
Pak-Choi; Chinese Mustard; Bok-Choy; Celery Mustard; Chinese White Cabbage; Celery Cabbage; Chinese Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
subsp. chinensis
Subspecies Author
(L.) HANE
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Leaf | 260.0 | 5556.0 | 0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 8.0 | 171.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Leaf | 850.0 | 18164.0 | 1.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPROPYLISOTHIOCYANATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2778.0 | -0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Leaf | 880.0 | 18806.0 | 0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | 390.0 | 8334.0 | 0.03 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LYSINE | 4 | Leaf | 890.0 | 19019.0 | 1.40 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 106.0 | 5844.0 | 0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Leaf | 90.0 | 1923.0 | -0.97 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHOXYBRASSININ | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 5.0 | 107.0 | 0.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Leaf | 140.0 | 2992.0 | -0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Leaf | 220.0 | 4701.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Leaf | 440.0 | 9402.0 | -0.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 370.0 | 7907.0 | 0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 1804.0 | 69143.0 | 1.71 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROLINE | 0 | Leaf | 310.0 | 6625.0 | -0.67 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 15000.0 | 320550.0 | 1.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 0.7 | 15.0 | -0.11 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 8 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |