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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed 0.1 0.9 *
CYANIDIN 7 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Hull Husk *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Sprout Seedling *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 320.0 3165.0 2.23 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 320.0 1514.0 -1.14 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.4 -0.55 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
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Seed 1.0 7.0 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower *
DIHYDROFOLATE-SYNTHESASE 0 Sprout Seedling *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 19782.0 -0.49 *
FAT 0 Plant 15000.0 54000.0 0.03 *
FAT 0 Seed 3670.0 20481.0 -1.29 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed *
FIBER 15 Fruit 25000.0 247280.0 1.00 *
FIBER 15 Plant 168000.0 361000.0 1.02 *
FIBER 15 Seed 22100.0 104541.0 -0.24 *
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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 *
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 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
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 *
Antimigraine 7 Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic 1 *
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 *