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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PROLINE 0 Root not available 575.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 1730.0 8183.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Shoot not available 23.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 28000.0 276954.0 2.24 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 107000.0 284000.0 0.91 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 52800.0 262042.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 890.0 8803.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Seed 1870.0 8846.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed not available 1.4 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed not available 6000.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.8 8.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.2 6.7 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 0.8 10.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cholesterolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor 1 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.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *