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
BARIUM	0	Seed	0.1	7.3	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE	3	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root	not available	0.2	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	2.2	66.0	-0.02	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	32.4	245.5	-0.07	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.1	9.8	0.18	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Sprout Seedling	not available	0.0	-1.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	910.0	980.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Root	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.
BORON	4	Fruit	0.1	45.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	2.0	43.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
BOWMAN-BIRK-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	2.0	20.0	0.22	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *