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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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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Sprout Seedling | 5120.0 | 55054.0 | 1.08 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLUTATHIONE | 7 | 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. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Fruit | 650.0 | 6680.0 | 1.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 8430.0 | 9474.0 | -0.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Sprout Seedling | 1440.0 | 15484.0 | 1.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | 340.0 | 3494.0 | 1.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 6010.0 | 6754.0 | 0.17 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Sprout Seedling | 1180.0 | 12688.0 | 1.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| INOSITOL | 8 | 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. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 6.0 | 1050.0 | 3.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 92.0 | 697.0 | 0.85 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 24.0 | 147.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Sprout Seedling | 8.0 | 87.0 | -0.70 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | 660.0 | 6783.0 | 0.94 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 9540.0 | 10722.0 | 0.03 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Sprout Seedling | 1860.0 | 20000.0 | 1.34 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Leaf | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOPYRANOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |