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
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	320.0	3165.0	2.23	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	320.0	1514.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.55	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
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Seed	1.0	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROFOLATE-SYNTHESASE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	19782.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	15000.0	54000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	3670.0	20481.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	25000.0	247280.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	168000.0	361000.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	22100.0	104541.0	-0.24	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 *