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Common Names
Jack Bean
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 320.0 | 1488.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 0.0 | 23.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 53000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 29000.0 | 48000.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMINOPROPIONITRILE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.2 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETONICINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 330.0 | 5263.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 960.0 | 3090.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANALINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANAVANINE | 14 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANEINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 79000.0 | 902000.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 538000.0 | 687000.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONCANAVALIN-A | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretinopathic | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 1 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |