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

 Phaseolus acutifolius (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tepary Bean
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed 0.0 -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 ASH Seed 31000.0 42000.0 -0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 ASH Fruit -- 68000.0 0.29 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 ASH Hay 92000.0 123000.0 1.00 *
28 CALCIUM Seed 1120.0 1966.0 -0.40 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed 590000.0 742000.0 0.87 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Hay 376000.0 666000.0 -1.00 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit -- 436000.0 -1.85 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
24 CHROMIUM Seed 0.5 0.8 -0.57 *
2 COBALT Seed 0.4 0.6 -0.18 *
12 COPPER Seed 10.0 11.0 -0.35 *
13 CYSTEINE Seed 2680.0 2920.0 -0.44 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
0 FAT Fruit -- 5000.0 -0.60 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 FAT Hay 19000.0 35000.0 -1.00 *
0 FAT Seed 4700.0 15000.0 -1.32 *
15 FIBER Fruit -- 370000.0 2.15 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
15 FIBER Hay 257000.0 299000.0 -1.00 *
15 FIBER Seed 48000.0 67500.0 -0.53 *
6 IRON Seed 24.0 56.0 -0.44 *
3 ISOLEUCINE 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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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.