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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Phaseolus coccineus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Scarlet Runner Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
16,17-MONO-O-PROPYLIDENE-6ALPHA,7ALPHA,16BETA,17-TETRAHYDROXYKAURANIC-ACID 0 Plant *
2'-HYDROXYDIHYDRODAIDZEIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Plant *
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2'-HYDROXYISOPRUNETIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLGIBBERELIN-A-8 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7,4'-DIHYDROXY-5,2'-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7BETA,13-DIHYDROXYKAURENOLIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 270.0 -0.27 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 23.0 -0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Fruit 16000.0 28000.0 -0.74 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ASH 0 Seed 28000.0 61000.0 0.39 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 -0.15 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.1 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 500.0 610.0 -0.75 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CALCIUM 28 Seed 600.0 1600.0 -0.47 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 298000.0 463000.0 -1.71 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 463000.0 709000.0 0.74 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.2 -0.65 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 14 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 6 *
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Prooxidant 2 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 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 2 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 2 *