Plant Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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
Sedative	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	4	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Toxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Trypanosomastat	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.