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Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 4950.0 | 23415.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Shoot | not available | 22.0 | -1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.8 | 8.3 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 3.6 | 18.2 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | 59.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Shoot | not available | 94.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 82.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 2.0 | 23.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Seed | 0.2 | 12.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADAVERINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 430.0 | 4253.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 10200.0 | 14100.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 230.0 | 1700.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 6 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |
| Antimanic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiMD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 4 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| AntiMeniere's | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimenopausal | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 4 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimicrobial | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |