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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
FLUORINE 0 Seed 0.1 1.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.6 3.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Shoot not available 153.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HYDROXY-HOMOARGININE 0 Sprout Seedling not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Seed not available 45.8 -0.30 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
GENISTEIN 81 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 4480.0 44313.0 2.42 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 7400.0 35005.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available 70.0 -1.37 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 720.0 7122.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 1840.0 8704.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Wax not available 500000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTAMINE 18 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 170.0 1682.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1070.0 5061.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
HOMOSERINE 1 Shoot not available 733.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Plant 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
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.