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Plant Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Broadbean, Faba Bean, Habas
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-7-ISOJASMONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-JASMONIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIAMINOPURINE 0 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
3,5,7,4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Fruit 0.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYURACIL 0 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Fruit 0.0 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7,4'-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Fruit 0.0 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 2280.0 12000.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Seed 4630.0 24370.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.2 1.4 1.26 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 120.0 820.0 -0.23 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 330.0 1735.0 0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Fruit 8000.0 54800.0 -0.05 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Seed 11000.0 57900.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 6310.0 33210.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.15 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 2.1 11.0 0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CYANOALANINE 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 950.0 4500.0 1.10 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
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11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acaricide 1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide) Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 (View Chemicals list for Acarifuge) Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 2 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Acnegenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 (View Chemicals list for Adjuvant) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 6 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anabolic) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic?) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).