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Plant Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Butter Bean, Lima Bean
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1'',2''-DEHYDROCYCLOKIEVITONE 0 Leaf not available 5600.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2'-HYDROXYDAIDZEIN 3 Leaf not available 2300.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Leaf not available 5100.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2'-METHOXYGENISTEIN 0 Leaf not available 5100.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2,10-DI-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)GLYCINOL 2 Leaf not available 500.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2,3-DEHYDROKIEVITOL 2 Leaf not available 800.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
2,3-DEHYDROKIEVITONE 3 Leaf not available 900.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
3'-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)KIEVITONE 2 Leaf not available 9700.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
3-HYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Leaf not available 400.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
5-DEOXYKIEVITOL 2 Leaf not available 33000.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
5-DEOXYKIEVITONE 3 Leaf not available 2300.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
8,2'-DIHYDROXYGENISTEIN 1 Leaf not available 5800.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
8-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Leaf not available 3600.0 not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ALANINE 3 Seed 2600.0 12190.0 0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 950.0 4570.0 -1.18 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 0.4 3000.0 4.63 Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 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.
ARGININE 14 Seed 4580.0 15390.0 -0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 952.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View Chemicals list for Adjuvant) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Amphiglycemic?) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic?) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacid) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 5 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodermatitic) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacrodynic) Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiADD) Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadrenalinic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.