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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
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 75600.0 747774.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 296000.0 506000.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 144600.0 684000.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 74000.0 96000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CEPHALIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 200.0 590.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit not available 2060.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Root not available 61.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 1970.0 2800.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot not available 121.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-SINAPIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant not available 0.2 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 2.0 10.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Fruit not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Seed not available 0.6 -0.49 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 *