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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
S-4-CHLORO-TRYPTOPHAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 1250.0 12364.0 3.08 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1810.0 8562.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 390.0 3857.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 710.0 3350.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Seed 2.0 59.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 22.0 578.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 37.0 297.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available 20000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 329000.0 434000.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 297.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 70.0 331.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Seed 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
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Bruchifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 Duke, 1992 *