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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

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
PARAGALACTAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Seed not available 25000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 900.0 8902.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 2000.0 9460.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 530.0 5240.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 1800.0 6400.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 1038.0 6250.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant not available 0.2 -0.53 Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOPRECIPITIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL 5 Seed not available 500.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISATIN 5 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1701.0 22737.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 12800.0 25200.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2273.0 15830.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 630.0 6231.0 0.61 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
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisclerodermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisenility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 14 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 7 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95