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
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	972000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	46900.0	702400.0	1.82	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	640000.0	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	7.0	100.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM	0	Seed	0.9	7.0	2.20	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuroblastomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.