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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
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 *