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

Common Names

Pea

How this plant is used

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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
FLUORINE	0	Seed	0.1	1.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	0.6	3.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Shoot	not available	153.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HYDROXY-HOMOARGININE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Seed	not available	45.8	-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
GENISTEIN	81	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	4480.0	44313.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	7400.0	35005.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Shoot	not available	70.0	-1.37	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	720.0	7122.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	1840.0	8704.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Wax	not available	500000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTAMINE	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	170.0	1682.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	1070.0	5061.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOSERINE	1	Shoot	not available	733.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Plant	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
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	4	Martindale's 28th
Antipsychotic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular	13	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.