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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food

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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
NICOTINAMIDE 2 Sprout Seedling not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Seed not available 18.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Sprout Seedling not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Seed 11000.0 50000.0 2.15 Duke, 1992 *
O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE 0 Shoot not available 433.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSTYRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 210.0 2077.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 350.0 1656.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
ONONITOL 0 Root not available 3.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 60.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 330.0 3264.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 640.0 3027.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 7.5 74.0 3.57 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 1.0 5.0 -1.23 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
Flatulent 2 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 7 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 17 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 5 Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 13 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 2 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *