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
ALANINE	3	Leaf	1720.0	7430.0	-1.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	10400.0	11346.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Tuber	3970.0	9319.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Leaf	260.0	1123.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	230.0	2858.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Tuber	210.0	493.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1780.0	7689.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	18860.0	20576.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Tuber	4120.0	9671.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	190.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	19000.0	99360.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	6120.0	80863.0	0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Tuber	20000.0	46948.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	5170.0	22333.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	31870.0	34770.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Tuber	17350.0	40728.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	4.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.8	6.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Root	not available	53000.0	3.82	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Dunstan, C. A., Liu, B., Welch, C. J., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Alphitol, a Phenolic Substance from Alphitonia zizyphoides which Inhibits Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in vitro. Phytochemistry, 48(3): 495-497.
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.