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Plant 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
QUERCETIN-3-O-METHYL-ETHER 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 12.0 1.50 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 4.5 -0.16 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.2 3.0 -0.20 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 2.5 27.0 1.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.5 7.0 -0.91 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 1.1 10.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.1 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 2000.0 21000.0 -0.21 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 990.0 10175.0 2.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE 1 Seed 11750.0 13205.0 0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE 1 Sprout Seedling 2240.0 24086.0 1.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Fruit 260.0 2672.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 3660.0 4113.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Sprout Seedling 720.0 7742.0 1.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
SILICON 4 Fruit 80.0 1200.0 3.29 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 27 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipanniculopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).