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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
INDOLYL-3-ACETALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Seed not available 1500.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 21.0 206.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 400.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 14.0 90.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 1610.0 15925.0 3.69 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 1950.0 9224.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ISOXAZOLIN-5-ONE-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Tissue Culture not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE) 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 420.0 4154.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 810.0 3832.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-2-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-ACETYLHOMOSERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(+)-HOMOSERINE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-(-)-HOMOSERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
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.