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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Sprout Seedling	640.0	6882.0	1.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	0.9	10.0	-0.52	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	9.0	10.0	-0.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASELIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHASEOLIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN-ISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *