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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
INDOLYL-3-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
INOSITOL 8 Seed 1500.0 -0.23 *
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 -0.28 *
IRON 6 Fruit 21.0 206.0 0.29 *
IRON 6 Plant 400.0 -0.27 *
IRON 6 Seed 14.0 90.0 -0.28 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 1610.0 15925.0 3.69 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 1950.0 9224.0 -0.16 *
ISOXAZOLIN-5-ONE-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Tissue Culture 500.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 420.0 4154.0 0.75 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 810.0 3832.0 -0.80 *
L-(+)-2-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
L-(+)-ACETYLHOMOSERINE 0 Plant *
L-(+)-HOMOSERINE 0 Sprout Seedling *
L-(-)-HOMOSERINE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coronary-Dilator 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Demulcent 2 *
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 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 *
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 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *