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Plant Phaseolus lunatus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Butter Bean; Lima Bean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Seed 68400.0 287000.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling 130000.0 361000.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Seed 3090.0 14079.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.3 5.1 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.4 3.9 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 4270.0 15900.0 1.02 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 1620.0 6653.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 5.0 269.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 220.0 739.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 1.0 100.0 2.46 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.6 7.4 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Sprout Seedling 0.1 4.7 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 2900.0 10320.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 0.0 20.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 900.0 3024.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 2200.0 8450.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 4270.0 14370.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed 0.2 3.0 2.26 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 2.0 7.2 0.97 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.