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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antispasmodic 13 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisprue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisterility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 7 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
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.