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
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th