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
ALANINE	3	Seed	2400.0	11353.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Shoot	not available	313.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	130.0	1286.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	350.0	1656.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	1.0	24.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	1340.0	13254.0	2.39	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	4280.0	20246.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	600.0	5935.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	44.0	1892.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Sprout Seedling	not available	1650.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	5600.0	55391.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	60000.0	191000.0	1.26	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	8280.0	43138.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	2280.0	22552.0	1.63	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
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	4	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *