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
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	972000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	46900.0	702400.0	1.82	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	640000.0	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	7.0	100.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Seed	0.9	7.0	2.20	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 *