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
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN	32	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AESCULIN	33	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	840.0	8633.0	1.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE	3	Seed	9050.0	10171.0	0.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE	3	Sprout Seedling	1740.0	18710.0	1.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	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.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	360.0	3700.0	0.52	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	2780.0	3124.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Sprout Seedling	1690.0	18172.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	0.2	14.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	698.0	719.0	1.31	Jim Duke's personal files.*
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	1.0	1050.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	5.0	73.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Seed	2110.0	2150.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Testa	not available	23700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARCELIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	730.0	7503.0	0.85	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiplaque	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	7	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiproliferative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).