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

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.3 0.11 *
SILVER 3 Seed 0.0 0.1 1.68 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 5.4 707.0 -0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Seed 0.9 112.0 -0.54 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 40.0 411.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 220.0 247.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Sprout Seedling 90.0 968.0 0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 310.0 350.0 -0.09 *
STRONTIUM 0 Fruit 2.0 105.0 0.65 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 0.7 34.0 0.28 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR 14 Fruit 54.0 875.0 -0.38 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 54.0 137.0 -1.36 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 8.8 0.44 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.8 13.6 1.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.7 10.0 0.81 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Sprout Seedling 3.7 40.0 1.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Fruit 790.0 8119.0 2.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 9090.0 10216.0 0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Sprout Seedling 1760.0 18925.0 1.37 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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 *
Allelochemic 1 *
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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 *
Analgesic 9 *