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
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *