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

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Pea

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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
PROLINE	0	Root	not available	575.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	1730.0	8183.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Shoot	not available	23.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	28000.0	276954.0	2.24	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	107000.0	284000.0	0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	52800.0	262042.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	890.0	8803.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	1870.0	8846.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PUTRESCINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE	43	Seed	not available	1.4	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLINE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	6000.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.8	8.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.2	6.7	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	0.8	10.0	-0.52	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
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.