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Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea
How this plant is used
Food
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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 370.0 1750.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 990.0 9792.0 3.06 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 1130.0 5345.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 2730.0 27003.0 4.65 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 2350.0 11116.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Shoot not available 33.0 -1.34 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSE 1 Seed not available 31000.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
VICILIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.6 16.0 1.31 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 1.6 8.6 1.55 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B12 0 Seed not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 880000.0 897750.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 760000.0 793670.0 2.17 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XENOGNOSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 11.0 60.0 0.42 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
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 *