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
SILVER	3	Fruit	0.0	0.3	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Seed	0.0	0.1	1.68	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	5.4	707.0	-0.12	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM	1	Seed	0.9	112.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	40.0	411.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	220.0	247.0	-0.56	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Sprout Seedling	90.0	968.0	0.89	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	310.0	350.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Fruit	2.0	105.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	0.7	34.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	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.
SULFUR	14	Fruit	54.0	875.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	54.0	137.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.5	8.8	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.8	13.6	1.10	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN	31	Seed	3.7	10.0	0.81	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN	31	Sprout Seedling	3.7	40.0	1.90	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Fruit	790.0	8119.0	2.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Seed	9090.0	10216.0	0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Sprout Seedling	1760.0	18925.0	1.37	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.