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
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 *

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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.