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
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiataxic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiautistic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	20	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	4	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.