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
FAT	0	Seed	3000.0	24000.0	-1.27	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT	0	Sprout Seedling	5000.0	53763.0	0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERRITINE	0	Flower	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.
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	10000.0	159000.0	0.16	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Leaf	28000.0	212000.0	0.62	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Seed	37000.0	88700.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Fruit	0.1	2.0	0.64	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN	15	Seed	4.1	5.3	1.12	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLACIN	15	Sprout Seedling	0.3	4.1	-0.67	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Seed	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.
GARBANZOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Seed	17.7	45.1	-0.30	Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
GIBBERELIN-A-37	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GIBBERELIN-A-38	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
GLUCOKININ	0	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.
GLUCOSAMINE	1	Seed	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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1870.0	19219.0	0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	32940.0	37019.0	-0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.