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Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 370.0 | 1750.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYRAMINE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Fruit | 990.0 | 9792.0 | 3.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 1130.0 | 5345.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Fruit | 2730.0 | 27003.0 | 4.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 2350.0 | 11116.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 33.0 | -1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 31000.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VICILIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Fruit | 1.6 | 16.0 | 1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Seed | 1.6 | 8.6 | 1.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B12 | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 880000.0 | 897750.0 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 760000.0 | 793670.0 | 2.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOPHYLL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XENOGNOSIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 11.0 | 60.0 | 0.42 | 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 * |