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Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
As a cruciferous plant it is closely related to species of Brassica like broccoli, bok choy and cauliflower. [19] [20] Napa cabbage is widely used in China, Japan, and Korea. [21] Napa cabbage is used as a sign of prosperity in China, [22] and often appears as a symbol in glass and porcelain figures.
The flowers, seeds, stalks, and tender leaves of many species of Brassica can be eaten raw or cooked. [5] Almost all parts of some species have been developed for food, including the root (swede, turnip), stems (), leaves (cabbage, collard greens, kale), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco broccoli), buds (Brussels sprouts, cabbage), and seeds (many, including mustard seed, and oil ...
The raw vegetable is 95% water, 2% carbohydrates, 1% protein and less than 1% fat. In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ounce) reference serving, raw bok choy provides 54 kilojoules (13 food calories ) of food energy and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value , DV) of vitamin A (30% DV), vitamin C (54% DV) and vitamin K (44% DV), while ...
Brassicaceae (/ ˌ b r æ s ɪ ˈ k eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /) or (the older) Cruciferae (/ k r uː ˈ s ɪ f ər i /) [2] is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family.
Gai lan, kai-lan, Chinese broccoli, [1] or Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) [2] is a leafy vegetable with thick, flat, glossy blue-green leaves with thick stems, and florets similar to (but much smaller than) broccoli. A Brassica oleracea cultivar, gai lan is in the group alboglabra (from Latin albus "white" and glabrus "hairless").
Celtuce (/ˈsɛlt.əs/) (Lactuca sativa var. augustana, [3] [4] [5] angustata, or asparagina), also called stem lettuce, [6] celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, [7] or Chinese lettuce, is a cultivar of lettuce grown primarily for its thick stem or its leaves.
As a cruciferous vegetable, watercress contains isothiocyanates that are partly destroyed by boiling, while the bioavailability of its carotenoids is slightly increased by cooking. Steaming or microwave cooking retains these phytochemicals a bit better than boiling.