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
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
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).