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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
MALVIDIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant not available 85.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 3.0 21.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
MESOXALIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 110.0 1088.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 820.0 3879.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-4-CHLORO-INDOYL-3-ACETATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MEVALONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.1 3.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 210.0 2077.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Seed 350.0 1656.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Root not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Seed not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 20.0 198.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 6.0 59.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 20.0 105.0 1.86 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.2 3.0 -0.34 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
Antiepitheleomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosation 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *