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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Sprout Seedling	640.0	6882.0	1.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	0.9	10.0	-0.52	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	9.0	10.0	-0.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASELIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHASEOLIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIDIN	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN	3	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLIN-ISOFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHASEOLLINISOFLAVAN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	6	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.