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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed *
AESCULETIN 32 Shoot *
AESCULIN 33 Shoot *
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 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 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 698.0 719.0 1.31 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 1050.0 0.08 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 5.0 73.0 -0.24 *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Root *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Seed 2110.0 2150.0 -1.00 *
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Testa 23700.0 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant *
ARCELIN 2 Seed *
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
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 2 *
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 4 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 *
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 33 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 *