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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
PHASEOLLIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN-ISOFLAVONE 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN-ISOFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLUTEONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 1600.0 2770.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3280.0 4046.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 0.3 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 35807.0 2.04 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 74000.0 164000.0 0.73 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Seed 195000.0 264000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.4 1.9 -0.67 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.1 2.2 -0.51 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Seed not available 42.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 3.4 5.4 0.01 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 3.5 -0.74 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Fruit 342000.0 583000.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 64200.0 136000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed not available 2.0 -1.22 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *