Plant Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Butter Bean; Lima Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
PROTEIN	0	Seed	68400.0	287000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Sprout Seedling	130000.0	361000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	3090.0	14079.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.3	5.1	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Sprout Seedling	1.4	3.9	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	4270.0	15900.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	1620.0	6653.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	5.0	269.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	220.0	739.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	1.0	100.0	2.46	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	1.6	7.4	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Sprout Seedling	0.1	4.7	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2900.0	10320.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.0	20.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	900.0	3024.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	2200.0	8450.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	4270.0	14370.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Seed	0.2	3.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	2.0	7.2	0.97	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
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	3	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.