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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	5	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	15	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.