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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 8810.0 33820.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMYL-5-METHYLCYSTEINE 0 Plant 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 4.0 -1.00 *
IRIGENIN 4 Shoot *
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 *
IRON 6 Sprout Seedling 13.0 228.0 2.07 *
ISOFERREIRIN 0 Leaf 1100.0 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 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 1130.0 3840.0 -0.80 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Sprout Seedling 100.0 3060.0 -1.05 *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.4 5.0 0.75 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 5380.0 20595.0 0.34 *
LIGNIN 13 Seed 3400.0 6400.0 -0.66 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 2150.0 9509.0 -0.84 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 4520.0 19010.0 0.94 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 580.0 7000.0 1.60 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 *
Antiarthritic 9 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.