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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Transdermal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trypanosomastat | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| UV-Screen | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |