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

Common Names

Jack Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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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
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	9	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *