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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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Tuber 2520.0 5915.0 1.41 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 1260.0 5443.0 -0.71 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 14570.0 15896.0 1.89 *
TYROSINE 8 Tuber 3530.0 8286.0 1.64 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 2450.0 10583.0 -0.59 *
VALINE 3 Seed 15300.0 16692.0 0.58 *
VALINE 3 Tuber 5990.0 14061.0 1.68 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 1.1 8.7 1.59 *
WATER 0 Leaf 758000.0 779000.0 -0.14 *
WATER 0 Seed 79780.0 882930.0 2.51 *
WATER 0 Tuber 574000.0 -2.08 *
ZINC 77 Seed 43.0 51.0 0.17 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 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
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.