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
TITANIUM	0	Fruit	0.1	105.0	1.62	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.2	7.4	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
TRAUMATINIC-ACID	0	Hull Husk	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.
TRIGONELLINE	15	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.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	190.0	1953.0	1.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	2560.0	2877.0	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Sprout Seedling	440.0	4731.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	420.0	4317.0	0.79	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Seed	6080.0	6833.0	-0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Sprout Seedling	1440.0	15484.0	1.36	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Fruit	900.0	9250.0	0.99	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Seed	11300.0	12699.0	0.08	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Sprout Seedling	2160.0	23226.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM	16	Fruit	0.2	105.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	0.7	7.6	-0.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	2.8	3.3	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Fruit	688000.0	942000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	868000.0	0.30	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER	0	Seed	63000.0	604000.0	1.44	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	907000.0	0.95	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.