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
SUCROSE	14	Seed	22500.0	280000.0	3.29	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Seed	41000.0	59000.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Plant	not available	2300.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	410.0	2290.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	1.5	15.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	2.4	13.9	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	990.0	9792.0	2.82	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2030.0	9603.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	0.3	22.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Fruit	6.0	203.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Leaf	9.0	88.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Root	1.0	75.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Seed	128.0	227.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Shoot	not available	55.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Sprout Seedling	not available	91.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Stem	1.0	24.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	270.0	2671.0	2.56	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *