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
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Trypanosomastat	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.