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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogen-Agonist | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatulent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |