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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Herbistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).