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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae)

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
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1960.0 58500.0 3.59 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 9840.0 21070.0 0.75 *
POTASSIUM 14 Sprout Seedling 1870.0 20108.0 1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Fruit 680.0 6989.0 0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Seed 9160.0 10294.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Sprout Seedling 1690.0 18172.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPANE-1-THIOL 0 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 17700.0 224000.0 1.53 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 36000.0 297000.0 0.85 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Seed 98000.0 394000.0 1.43 *
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling 42000.0 451613.0 1.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Fruit 590.0 6064.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 6100.0 6855.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Sprout Seedling 2760.0 29677.0 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYRROLIDINONCARBONIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETAGETIN-3,3',4',5,6-PENTA-O-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-7-O-BETA-L-RUTINOSIDE 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Shoot *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-ROBINOSIDE-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 6 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 13 *
Antidiabetic? 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidipsomanic 1 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Heavy Metals) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th