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

Common Names

Butter Bean; Lima Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
MANGANESE	14	Seed	8.0	100.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	680.0	3017.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	0.0	15.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	500.0	1680.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	20.0	67.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	10.0	49.5	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Sprout Seedling	8.0	56.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Seed	0.3	7.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	500.0	1680.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1180.0	5813.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	2.3	16.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLUNATIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	3370.0	13760.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	not available	360.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	1130.0	9000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Sprout Seedling	3820.0	10611.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2950.0	39000.0	2.32	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	1020.0	10855.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	not available	188000.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	6000.0	214000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.