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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
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)

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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
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	3	Duke, 1992 *
VAM-Simulant	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
VAM-Stimulant	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	7	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).