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
LITHIUM	11	Seed	0.1	2.5	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	880.0	9044.0	1.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Seed	14830.0	16667.0	0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Sprout Seedling	2390.0	25700.0	0.97	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	210.0	18000.0	7.35	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	510.0	3430.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Sprout Seedling	210.0	2258.0	0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALONIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	1.0	150.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	2.0	24.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	0.10	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	220.0	2261.0	1.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE	15	Seed	3250.0	3653.0	-0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE	15	Sprout Seedling	440.0	4731.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.0	20.0	3.52	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 *