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
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1845.0	11383.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	567.0	8586.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Tuber	300.0	704.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	141000.0	609071.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	43100.0	455051.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Tuber	281000.0	659624.0	-1.70	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	28.0	33.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	750.0	3240.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	5450.0	5946.0	1.95	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Tuber	1970.0	4624.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Leaf	20.0	86.0	-1.37	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	20.0	154.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Tuber	10.0	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	11000.0	47520.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	5430.0	180020.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Tuber	9000.0	21127.0	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	25000.0	216000.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	21980.0	227005.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Tuber	74000.0	173709.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	0.4	0.5	-0.87	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
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.