Plant Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	3030.0	3306.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	3890.0	16803.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	40100.0	43749.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Tuber	8000.0	18779.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	1490.0	6436.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	11400.0	12437.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Tuber	3900.0	9155.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	7900.0	8618.0	1.63	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Tuber	2410.0	5657.0	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	20.0	259.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	15.0	158.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Tuber	20.0	47.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	2040.0	8812.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	14680.0	16016.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Tuber	4250.0	9976.0	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	740.0	3197.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	490.0	4462.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Tuber	1590.0	3732.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	3590.0	15508.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th