Glucosinolates in Chinese Brassica campestris vegetables: Chinese cabbage, purple cai-tai, choysum, pakchoi, and turnip

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 571-574

  Chen, Xinjuan ^a,b   Zhu, Jun ^a,c   Gerendás, Joska ^d   Zimmermann, Nadine ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Chinese vegetable; Composition; Glucosinolate

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 41149173156     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.2.571     Document Type: Article

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