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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osmoregulator 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 1 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 9 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)