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Common Names
Butter Bean; Lima Bean
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
| Coronary-Dilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyanogenic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |