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Plant Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chickpea; Garbanzo
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
FOLACIN 15 Seed 5.0 6.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FORMONONETIN 16 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GARBANZOL 0 Seed 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.
GENISTEIN 81 Seed not available 46.1 -0.30 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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 33600.0 38150.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 8030.0 9075.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 4620.0 6000.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
HOMOFERREIRIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 61.0 72.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 8280.0 10320.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 2550.0 4114.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 11520.0 15530.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 25930.0 29310.0 -0.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1010.0 1140.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIQUIRITIGENIN 12 Plant 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.
LYSINE 4 Seed 12910.0 14595.0 0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1110.0 1348.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Seed 21.0 26.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MEDICAGOL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 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 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 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