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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
PARAGALACTAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Seed not available 25000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 900.0 8902.0 1.93 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 2000.0 9460.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 530.0 5240.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 1800.0 6400.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 1038.0 6250.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant not available 0.2 -0.53 Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOPRECIPITIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL 5 Seed not available 500.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISATIN 5 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1701.0 22737.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 12800.0 25200.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2273.0 15830.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 630.0 6231.0 0.61 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
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 3 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *