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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Butter Bean; Lima Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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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 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 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 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 *
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 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 1.0 -0.16 *
COPPER 12 Seed 3.0 15.0 0.02 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 21 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 16 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 4 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
RNA-genic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.