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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Sprout Seedling 70.0 194.0 -0.93 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Fruit not available 40000.0 -0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 5000.0 179000.0 1.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 15000.0 100000.0 1.57 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Sprout Seedling 22000.0 61000.0 -0.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 7350.0 30802.0 0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Seed 1.0 30.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 9.8 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Sprout Seedling 0.3 0.8 -0.46 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BORON 4 Seed 1.0 30.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 80.0 2857.0 -1.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Seed 250.0 8600.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Sprout Seedling 1090.0 3028.0 -0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 766000.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 17000.0 674000.0 0.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 201000.0 731000.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Sprout Seedling 200000.0 556000.0 -0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.0 5.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 1.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 3.0 15.0 0.02 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
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiprostatitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *