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
LITHIUM	11	Seed	0.1	2.5	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	880.0	9044.0	1.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Seed	14830.0	16667.0	0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Sprout Seedling	2390.0	25700.0	0.97	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	210.0	18000.0	7.35	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	510.0	3430.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Sprout Seedling	210.0	2258.0	0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALONIC-ACID	1	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.
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	1.0	150.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	2.0	24.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	0.10	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	220.0	2261.0	1.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE	15	Seed	3250.0	3653.0	-0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE	15	Sprout Seedling	440.0	4731.0	1.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.0	20.0	3.52	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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 *