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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	100.0	3509.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2700.0	3898.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	7500.0	16600.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	27000.0	321000.0	2.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	210000.0	363000.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	4.7	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.3	1.7	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	23.0	394.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	1.0	10.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	4.6	8.6	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	785000.0	886000.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	107000.0	120000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.71	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
Anticancer	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *