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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
(R)-DIHYDRO-MALEIMIDE 0 Shoot not available 67.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(R)-DIHYDRO-MALEIMIDE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 62.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-3-(4,5-DIHYDRO-FURANONE)-5-(HYDROXY-METHYL)-PYRROLE-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE 0 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14-HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Wax not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Wax not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HENTRIACONTANOL 0 Wax not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,9-TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-2,9-DIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4,4'-DIHYDROXY-2'-METHOXY-CHALCONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-2,3,9-TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-PYRIDOXINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-O-(6-O-{3-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-4-CARBOXY-BUTANOYL}-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)PYRIDOXINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 39.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-PYRIDOXINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 580.0 5737.0 0.80 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
Dopaminergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogen-Agonist 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Ethanolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 3 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.