Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Pea

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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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	39	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	4	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	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.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	3	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrophilic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cerebroprotective	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	10	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.