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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Asparagus Pea; Goa Bean; Winged Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1845.0 11383.0 -0.48 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 567.0 8586.0 0.82 *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 300.0 704.0 -0.94 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 141000.0 609071.0 -0.02 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 43100.0 455051.0 -0.27 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Tuber 281000.0 659624.0 -1.70 *
COPPER 12 Seed 28.0 33.0 1.65 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 750.0 3240.0 0.27 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 5450.0 5946.0 1.95 *
CYSTINE 2 Tuber 1970.0 4624.0 1.41 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Leaf 20.0 86.0 -1.37 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 20.0 154.0 -0.81 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Tuber 10.0 23.0 *
FAT 0 Leaf 11000.0 47520.0 -0.18 *
FAT 0 Seed 5430.0 180020.0 -0.45 *
FAT 0 Tuber 9000.0 21127.0 1.35 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 25000.0 216000.0 0.67 *
FIBER 15 Seed 21980.0 227005.0 0.73 *
FIBER 15 Tuber 74000.0 173709.0 2.16 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.4 0.5 -0.87 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ergogenic 1 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 10 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.