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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
L-THREO-ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-CHLORO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.0 0.5 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEGUMIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEGUMINELIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 2280.0 22552.0 3.71 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 3230.0 15279.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Shoot not available 35.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1750.0 7418.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 1520.0 7190.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 2020.0 19980.0 4.11 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 3170.0 14995.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
M-XYLOHYDROQUINONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 218.0 2591.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2200.0 3700.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 319.0 1700.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Seed 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.