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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Canavalia ensiformis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Jack Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2700.0 3898.0 -0.38 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 7500.0 16600.0 0.35 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 27000.0 321000.0 2.84 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 210000.0 363000.0 1.15 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 4.7 -0.07 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.3 1.7 -0.70 *
SERINE 1 Seed *
SODIUM 1 Seed 23.0 394.0 -0.09 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 10.0 0.60 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 4.6 8.6 0.48 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed *
WATER 0 Fruit 785000.0 886000.0 0.50 *
WATER 0 Seed 107000.0 120000.0 -0.41 *
ZINC 77 Seed 20.0 -0.71 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 6 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Estrogen-Agonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 1 *