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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 |