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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	100.0	3509.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2700.0	3898.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	7500.0	16600.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	27000.0	321000.0	2.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	210000.0	363000.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	4.7	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.3	1.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	23.0	394.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	1.0	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	4.6	8.6	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	785000.0	886000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	107000.0	120000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.71	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.