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
ARGININE	14	Seed	13370.0	15026.0	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE	14	Sprout Seedling	2280.0	24516.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	10.0	2389.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	1100.0	8333.0	0.33	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	177.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Sprout Seedling	387.0	4161.0	2.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH	0	Fruit	6000.0	156000.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	26000.0	177000.0	1.02	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Seed	17000.0	62000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Sprout Seedling	5000.0	53763.0	-0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARAGINE	2	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.
ASPARAGINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	2550.0	26208.0	2.11	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	26130.0	29366.0	0.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Sprout Seedling	5460.0	58710.0	1.38	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AZELAIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Fruit	0.4	45.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *

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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.