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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 14 Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *