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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
COBALT 2 Seed 0.5 -0.18 *
COPPER 12 Seed 0.7 -1.28 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOKIEVITONE 3 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DAIDZEIN 32 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DALBERGIODIN 3 Leaf Diffusate 3.0 -1.00 *
DEMETHYLMEDICARPIN 3 Leaf Diffusate *
DEMETHYLVESTITOL 3 Leaf Diffusate *
DEMETHYLVESTITOL 3 Plant *
ENT-6-ALPHA,7ALPHA,13-TRIHYDROXYKAURANOIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ENT-6-ALPHA,7ALPHA,13-TRIHYDROXYKAURENOIC-ACID 0 Plant 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 *
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 *
GENISTEIN 81 Plant *
GENISTEIN 81 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBERELLINENE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCUOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinociceptive 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 7 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 2 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.