Health Benefits of Mustard Greens

What are the health benefits and vitamins in Mustard Greens?

Vitamins in Mustard Greens

→ Mustard greens also known as Brassica juncea, Indian mustard, Chinese mustard, Jie Cai or Kai Choi or leaf mustard is a species of mustard plant.
→ It is one of the most nutritious green-leafy vegetables available around.

→ Chinese and Japanese cuisines also make use of mustard greens.
→ It has more Vitamin A, carotenes, Vitamin K, and flavonoid anti-oxidants than some of typical fruits and vegetables.
→ Mustard greens are rich source of anti-oxidant like flavonoids, indoles, sulforaphane, carotenes, lutein and zea-xanthin.

Listed here the vitamin sources in Mustard greens.

Vitamins	Unit	Value per 100g
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	70.0
Thiamin	mg	0.080
Riboflavin	mg	0.110
Niacin	mg	0.800
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.180
Folate, DFE	µg	12
Vitamin B-12	µg	0.00
Vitamin A, RAE	µg	151
Vitamin A, IU	IU	3024
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	2.01
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	µg	0.0
Vitamin D	IU	0
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	257.5

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