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Common Names
Chickpea; Garbanzo
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 2320.0 | 2860.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 13580.0 | 15350.0 | -0.68 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 90.0 | 100.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 15.0 | 18.0 | -0.74 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 13460.0 | 15215.0 | -0.85 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ONONIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | 24.0 | -0.67 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 5010.0 | 5665.0 | -0.58 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 120.0 | 135.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 15.0 | 18.0 | 0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 10340.0 | 12290.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 3540.0 | 4275.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 2080.0 | 8260.0 | -0.53 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 350.0 | 395.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 8460.0 | 10220.0 | -0.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PRATENSEIN | 1 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 7970.0 | 16530.0 | 1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 191000.0 | 220000.0 | -0.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprostatadenomic | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antiprostatitic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |