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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 75600.0 747774.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 296000.0 506000.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 144600.0 684000.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 74000.0 96000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 200.0 590.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit not available 2060.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Root not available 61.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 1970.0 2800.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot not available 121.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SINAPIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 0.2 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 2.0 10.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Fruit not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Seed not available 0.6 -0.49 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
Coronary-Dilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Dermatitigenic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *