Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pea

How this plant is used

Food

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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
L-THREO-ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-CHLORO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	0.0	0.5	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEGUMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEGUMINELIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	2280.0	22552.0	3.71	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	3230.0	15279.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Shoot	not available	35.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	1750.0	7418.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	1520.0	7190.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	2020.0	19980.0	4.11	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	3170.0	14995.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
M-XYLOHYDROQUINONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	218.0	2591.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	2200.0	3700.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	319.0	1700.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antioxidant	40	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	10	Martindale's 28th
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antipeptic	1	25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	5	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *