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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Progestational	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition