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Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Black-eyed Pea, Cowpea, Crowder Pea, Southern Pea
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (-)-PHASEOLLIDIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 (-)-PHASEOLLIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 2'-O-METHYLPHASEOLLIDINISOFLAVAN Stem -- -- -- *
0 3-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID Seed -- 19.0 -- Noorwala, M., Mohammad, F. V., Ahmad, V. U. 1995. A New Monodesmosidic Triterpenoid Saponin From the Seeds of Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata. J Nat Prod, 58(7): 1070-1074.
1 3-O-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- Noorwala, M., Mohammad, F. V., Ahmad, V. U. 1995. A New Monodesmosidic Triterpenoid Saponin From the Seeds of Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata. J Nat Prod, 58(7): 1070-1074.
3 ALANINE Seed 9830.0 12175.0 0.43 *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Seed 1390.0 4187.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Shoot 440.0 4305.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
5 ALUMINUM Seed 6.0 840.0 1.03 *
0 AMYLOSE Seed 108420.0 111200.0 -0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
0 ANTIMONY Seed 0.0 0.0 -1.09 *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- 86.0 -0.65 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
14 ARGININE Seed 2070.0 18500.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed 15.0 75.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot 360.0 3523.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Seed 16000.0 120000.0 2.17 *
0 ASH Shoot 10500.0 102740.0 0.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed 25730.0 32254.0 0.86 *
0 BARIUM Seed 1.0 60.0 -0.18 *
1 BEHENIC-ACID Seed -- 380.0 -0.64 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
*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.