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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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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 *
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 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 77.0 0.22 *
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 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.5 7.0 0.43 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 3600.0 41000.0 1.85 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed *
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 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 *
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 7 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antimelasmic 1 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimicrobial 3 *
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 15 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 1 *
Antimyopic 1 *