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
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.