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

Common Names

Pea

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *