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Plant Phaseolus coccineus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Scarlet Runner Bean
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
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.5 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed not available 0.7 -1.28 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN-5-GLUCOSIDE-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOKIEVITONE 3 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DAIDZEIN 32 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DALBERGIODIN 3 Leaf Diffusate not available 3.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLMEDICARPIN 3 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLVESTITOL 3 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLVESTITOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-6-ALPHA,7ALPHA,13-TRIHYDROXYKAURANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ENT-6-ALPHA,7ALPHA,13-TRIHYDROXYKAURENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 10000.0 -0.56 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 15000.0 24000.0 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 19000.0 122000.0 -0.19 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 48000.0 58000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBERELLINENE 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCUOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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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
Antiulcer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *