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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 3 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |