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
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	4950.0	23415.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	not available	22.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.8	8.3	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	3.6	18.2	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	94.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	82.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	2.0	23.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	0.2	12.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	430.0	4253.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	10200.0	14100.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	230.0	1700.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Fruit	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
Tachycardic	1	Martindale's 29th
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	3	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Toxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanosomastat	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.