| Abstract: | The glucosinolate content of 19 cultivars of pe-tsai and three cultivars of pak-choi Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis Lour) Rupr and (Brassica chinensis L, respectively) has been determined using high performance liquid chromatography. The levels of total glucosinolates were 0.097-0.337 g kg?1 fresh weight (mean 0.198) in pe-tsai and 0.39-0.704 g kg?1 (mean 0.534) in pak-choi. The main components present were (2-hydroxybut-3-enyl-progoitrin), but-3-enyl- (gluconapin), 5-methylsulphinylpentyl- (glucoalyssin) and pent-4-enyl (glucobrassicanapin) glucosinolates, respectively. In comparison with other UK brassicas and American cultivars of Chinese cabbage, both the UK-grown pak-choi and pe-tsai are low in glucosinolates. |
