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Plant Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chickpea; Garbanzo
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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)
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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
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Coronary-Dilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 6 Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
ER-Beta-Binder 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogen-Agonist 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 5 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th