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Plant 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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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 4 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *