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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
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 *
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
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.