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
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	320.0	3165.0	2.23	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	320.0	1514.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN	32	Seed	not available	0.4	-0.55	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
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Seed	1.0	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROFOLATE-SYNTHESASE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	19782.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	15000.0	54000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	3670.0	20481.0	-1.29	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	25000.0	247280.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	168000.0	361000.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	22100.0	104541.0	-0.24	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 *