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

Common Names

Black Bean; Green Bean; Haricot Bean; Garden Bean; String Bean; Dwarf Bean; Field Bean; Flageolet Bean; French Bean; Kidney Bean; Navy Bean; Pop Bean; Popping Bean; Snap Bean; Wax Bean; Haricot Vert; Haricot

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

var. vulgaris

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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
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	0.5	14.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Fruit	50.0	514.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA	13	Seed	1230.0	1382.0	-0.78	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA	13	Sprout Seedling	390.0	4194.0	1.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
N-6-METHYLAGMATINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	5.0	77.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	13.0	98.0	0.01	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN	39	Seed	15.0	38.0	-0.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN	39	Sprout Seedling	29.0	312.0	1.98	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.0	15.0	3.78	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Seed	0.5	7.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	3600.0	41000.0	1.85	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	40.0	411.0	-0.48	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	1230.0	1382.0	-0.97	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Sprout Seedling	390.0	4194.0	1.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	312.0	-0.29	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	220.0	2261.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	3430.0	3855.0	-0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	9	Duke, 1992 *