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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
S-4-CHLORO-TRYPTOPHAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 1250.0 12364.0 3.08 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 1810.0 8562.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 390.0 3857.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 710.0 3350.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Seed 2.0 59.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 22.0 578.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 37.0 297.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available 20000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 329000.0 434000.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 297.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 70.0 331.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available 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
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 12 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 11 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 6 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 3 Martindale's 28th
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *