Plant Canavalia ensiformis (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Jack Bean

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
COPPER	12	Seed	7.0	8.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
DESAMINOCANAVANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	26000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	23000.0	36000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	18000.0	481000.0	3.20	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	49000.0	99000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf Diffusate	not available	6.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	12.0	175.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	12.0	97.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	340.0	3810.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3310.0	3920.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
KITOGINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-(-)-HOMOSERINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-AMINO-DELTA-HYDROXYVALERIANIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	2190.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	11.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	20.0	93.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	18.0	35.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	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	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.