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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	370.0	1750.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	990.0	9792.0	3.06	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	1130.0	5345.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Fruit	2730.0	27003.0	4.65	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	2350.0	11116.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Shoot	not available	33.0	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSE	1	Seed	not available	31000.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
VICILIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Fruit	1.6	16.0	1.31	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	1.6	8.6	1.55	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B12	0	Seed	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	880000.0	897750.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	760000.0	793670.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XENOGNOSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	11.0	60.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiAGE	2	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
Antiaggregant	12	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.