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Plant Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chickpea, Garbanzo
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-MAACKIAIN 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9-O-METHYLCOUMESTROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAPHNETIN 5 Shoot not available not available not available 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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