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

Common Names

Pea

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	4950.0	23415.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	not available	22.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.8	8.3	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	3.6	18.2	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	94.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	82.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	2.0	23.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	0.2	12.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	430.0	4253.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	10200.0	14100.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	230.0	1700.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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
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 *