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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1'',2''-DEHYDROCYCLOKIEVITONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5600.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 2'-HYDROXYDAIDZEIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | 5100.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 2'-METHOXYGENISTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5100.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 2,10-DI-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)GLYCINOL | 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. |
| 2,3-DEHYDROKIEVITOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | 800.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 2,3-DEHYDROKIEVITONE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 900.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 3'-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)KIEVITONE | 2 | Leaf | not available | 9700.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 3-HYDROXY-4'-METHOXYFLAVONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYLALLYL)PHASEOLLIDIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | 400.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 5-DEOXYKIEVITOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | 33000.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 5-DEOXYKIEVITONE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 2300.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 8,2'-DIHYDROXYGENISTEIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | 5800.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| 8-HYDROXYGENISTEIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | 3600.0 | not available | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 2600.0 | 12190.0 | 0.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-LINOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 950.0 | 4570.0 | -1.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 0.4 | 3000.0 | 4.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AMYGDALIN | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 4580.0 | 15390.0 | -0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 0.0 | 952.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Poison | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Toxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trypanosomastat | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |