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
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Sprout Seedling	5120.0	55054.0	1.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTATHIONE	7	Root	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.
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	650.0	6680.0	1.19	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Seed	8430.0	9474.0	-0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Sprout Seedling	1440.0	15484.0	1.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	340.0	3494.0	1.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	6010.0	6754.0	0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Sprout Seedling	1180.0	12688.0	1.38	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
INOSITOL	8	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.
IRON	6	Fruit	6.0	1050.0	3.64	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	92.0	697.0	0.85	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON	6	Seed	24.0	147.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Sprout Seedling	8.0	87.0	-0.70	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	660.0	6783.0	0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9540.0	10722.0	0.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE	3	Sprout Seedling	1860.0	20000.0	1.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Leaf	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.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOPYRANOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuroblastomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuropathic?	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	4	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.