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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chickpea, Garbanzo
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
(-)-MAACKIAIN 1 Sprout Seedling *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Root *
ALANINE 3 Seed 8280.0 9360.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Seed 11500.0 20560.0 -0.17 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 30.0 56.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 24000.0 28900.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 22700.0 25660.0 0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.4 0.5 -0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BIOCHANIN 1 Seed *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Sprout Seedling *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1020.0 1220.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 606600.0 685700.0 0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COPPER 12 Seed 8.0 10.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2470.0 2930.0 -0.15 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.0 -0.55 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
DAIDZEIN 32 Sprout Seedling *
DAPHNETIN 5 Shoot Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FAT 0 Seed 59000.0 69750.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Seed 38900.0 48570.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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