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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
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 *