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
BARIUM	0	Seed	0.1	7.3	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE	3	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root	not available	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	2.2	66.0	-0.02	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	32.4	245.5	-0.07	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.1	9.8	0.18	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.0	-1.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	910.0	980.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	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.
BORON	4	Fruit	0.1	45.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	2.0	43.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
BOWMAN-BIRK-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	2.0	20.0	0.22	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antipsychotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	8	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic	12	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.