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
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	8810.0	33820.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMYL-5-METHYLCYSTEINE	0	Plant	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.
GLYCINE	12	Seed	2740.0	10090.0	-0.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	2320.0	7796.0	0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYDROXYGENISTEIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
IRIGENIN	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	23.0	821.0	1.16	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON	6	Seed	22.0	1000.0	3.95	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Sprout Seedling	13.0	228.0	2.07	Duke, 1992 *
ISOFERREIRIN	0	Leaf	not available	1100.0	not available	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	4400.0	14785.0	0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	80.0	2860.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	1130.0	3840.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Sprout Seedling	100.0	3060.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	0.4	5.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	5380.0	20595.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Seed	3400.0	6400.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	2150.0	9509.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	4520.0	19010.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	580.0	7000.0	1.60	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
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire	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
Antispasmodic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	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
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor	3	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *