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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
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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
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed 0.1 0.9 *
CYANIDIN 7 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Hull Husk *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Sprout Seedling *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 320.0 3165.0 2.23 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 320.0 1514.0 -1.14 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.4 -0.55 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Seed 1.0 7.0 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower *
DIHYDROFOLATE-SYNTHESASE 0 Sprout Seedling *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 19782.0 -0.49 *
FAT 0 Plant 15000.0 54000.0 0.03 *
FAT 0 Seed 3670.0 20481.0 -1.29 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed *
FIBER 15 Fruit 25000.0 247280.0 1.00 *
FIBER 15 Plant 168000.0 361000.0 1.02 *
FIBER 15 Seed 22100.0 104541.0 -0.24 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 *