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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Butter Bean; Lima Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MANGANESE 14 Seed 8.0 100.0 0.58 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 680.0 3017.0 -0.34 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.0 15.0 2.26 *
MUFA 13 Seed 500.0 1680.0 -0.78 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 20.0 67.0 -0.30 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 10.0 49.5 0.20 *
NIACIN 39 Sprout Seedling 8.0 56.0 -0.53 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.3 7.0 0.43 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 500.0 1680.0 -0.97 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1180.0 5813.0 -0.58 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 2.3 16.0 -0.08 *
PHASEOLUNATIN 0 Seed *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 3370.0 13760.0 0.27 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 360.0 -0.85 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 1130.0 9000.0 0.96 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Sprout Seedling 3820.0 10611.0 2.05 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2950.0 39000.0 2.32 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 1020.0 10855.0 -0.09 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 188000.0 1.05 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 6000.0 214000.0 0.02 *
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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 *
Natriuretic 1 *
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 *
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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
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.