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

Plant Canavalia ensiformis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Jack Bean
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALANINE 3 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Seed *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 320.0 1488.0 -0.19 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 23.0 -0.32 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 53000.0 -0.09 *
ASH 0 Seed 29000.0 48000.0 0.00 *
BETA-AMINOPROPIONITRILE 0 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 2.2 -0.15 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.42 *
BETONICINE 2 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 330.0 5263.0 0.32 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 960.0 3090.0 -0.19 *
CANALINE 2 Seed *
CANAVANINE 14 Seed *
CANEINE 0 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 79000.0 902000.0 0.64 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 538000.0 687000.0 0.65 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed *
CONCANAVALIN-A 3 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.