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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Sprout Seedling 640.0 6882.0 1.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 0.9 10.0 -0.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 9.0 10.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
PETUNIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
PETUNIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
PHASELIC-ACID 0 Plant *
PHASEOLIC-ACID 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHASEOLIDES 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Fruit *
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Plant *
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Sprout Seedling *
PHASEOLLIN 3 Fruit *
PHASEOLLIN 3 Plant *
PHASEOLLIN 3 Sprout Seedling *
PHASEOLLIN-ISOFLAVONE 0 Plant *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN 0 Leaf *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN 0 Sprout Seedling *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 23 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 9 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 16 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic 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
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 1 *
Insecticide 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 8 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.