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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Leaf | not available | 1200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Seed | 0.0 | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLO-2,3-DEHYDROKIEVITONE-HYDRATE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 2100.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| CYCLOKIEVITONE-HYDRATE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 830.0 | 2789.0 | -0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Seed | 0.3 | 28.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DALBERGIODIN | 3 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | 12.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 6000.0 | -0.60 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 48000.0 | -0.17 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 1000.0 | 28898.0 | -1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 2900.0 | 22000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 175000.0 | 0.31 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 111000.0 | -0.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 10000.0 | 84500.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Sprout Seedling | 6000.0 | 17000.0 | -1.40 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GARBANZOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Leaf | not available | 2300.0 | -0.58 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Seed | 0.0 | 40.1 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 4 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 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 |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |