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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 26940.0 | 30450.0 | -0.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.20 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Seed | 2300.0 | 60000.0 | 0.35 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 9730.0 | 11000.0 | 0.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 6260.0 | 7075.0 | -0.51 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 220.0 | 310.0 | -0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SOYASAPONIN-I | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 850.0 | 960.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 4.0 | 6.0 | -0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 7160.0 | 8090.0 | -0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 1850.0 | 4970.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 4790.0 | 5415.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 8090.0 | 10150.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B65-6 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 108220.0 | 122380.0 | -0.40 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 33.0 | 50.0 | 0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 14 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insectifuge | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 4 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |