Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Phaseolus acutifolius (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Tepary Bean
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Fruit 68000.0 0.29 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ASH 0 Hay 92000.0 123000.0 1.00 *
ASH 0 Seed 31000.0 42000.0 -0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1120.0 1966.0 -0.40 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 436000.0 -1.85 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Hay 376000.0 666000.0 -1.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 590000.0 742000.0 0.87 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.5 0.8 -0.57 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.4 0.6 -0.18 *
COPPER 12 Seed 10.0 11.0 -0.35 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed 2680.0 2920.0 -0.44 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
FAT 0 Fruit 5000.0 -0.60 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FAT 0 Hay 19000.0 35000.0 -1.00 *
FAT 0 Seed 4700.0 15000.0 -1.32 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 370000.0 2.15 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FIBER 15 Hay 257000.0 299000.0 -1.00 *
FIBER 15 Seed 48000.0 67500.0 -0.53 *
IRON 6 Seed 24.0 56.0 -0.44 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 12600.0 13735.0 0.41 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialkalotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 3 (View) *