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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Seed 68400.0 287000.0 0.47 *
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling 130000.0 361000.0 0.47 *
PUFA 4 Seed 3090.0 14079.0 -0.70 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.3 5.1 0.60 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.4 3.9 -1.11 *
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE 0 Plant *
SERINE 1 Seed 4270.0 15900.0 1.02 *
SFA 0 Seed 1620.0 6653.0 -0.51 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 5.0 269.0 -0.29 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 220.0 739.0 -0.55 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 1.0 100.0 2.46 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.6 7.4 0.19 *
THIAMIN 31 Sprout Seedling 0.1 4.7 -0.89 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 2900.0 10320.0 0.49 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 0.0 20.0 0.06 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 900.0 3024.0 -0.10 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 2200.0 8450.0 0.16 *
VALINE 3 Seed 4270.0 14370.0 0.29 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.2 3.0 2.26 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 2.0 7.2 0.97 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 11 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 13 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
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.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th