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Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Asparagus Bean, Pea Bean, Yardlong Bean
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (-)-PHASEOLLIN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
3 ALANINE Seed 11090.0 12111.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Fruit 700.0 5761.0 1.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Shoot 440.0 4305.0 0.71 *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Seed 2580.0 2817.0 -0.28 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 *
0 ANTIMONY Seed 0.0 0.0 -1.09 *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- 86.0 -0.65 *
14 ARGININE Fruit 1960.0 16131.0 3.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
14 ARGININE Seed 16850.0 18401.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot 360.0 3523.0 -0.20 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 56.0 2633.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed 16.0 17.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Fruit 6000.0 49383.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Seed 39270.0 45132.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 ASH Shoot 10500.0 102740.0 0.00 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed 29380.0 32085.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
0 BARIUM Seed 1.0 60.0 -0.18 *
1 BEHENIC-ACID Seed -- 380.0 -0.64 *
*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.