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Plant Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Broadbean, Faba Bean, Habas
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-7-ISOJASMONIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2 (-)-JASMONIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 2,6-DIAMINOPURINE Root -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
0 3,5,7,4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE Fruit 0.0 6.0 -- *
0 5-HYDROXYURACIL Root -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
0 7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE Fruit 0.0 22.0 -- *
0 7,4'-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE Fruit 0.0 4.0 -- *
3 ALANINE Seed 2280.0 12000.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
14 ARGININE Seed 4630.0 24370.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
2 ARSENIC Fruit 0.2 1.4 1.26 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 120.0 820.0 -0.23 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed 330.0 1735.0 0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Fruit 8000.0 54800.0 -0.05 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
0 ASH Seed 11000.0 57900.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
2 ASPARAGINE Leaf -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed 6310.0 33210.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.15 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Seed 2.1 11.0 0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 BETA-CYANOALANINE Seed -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Seed 950.0 4500.0 1.10 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
*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.