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Plant Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas
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
STIZOLAMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SULFUR 14 Fruit 530.0 3630.0 1.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.8 5.4 0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.7 9.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 2080.0 10950.0 0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 560.0 2950.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Seed 1960.0 10315.0 0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Seed 2740.0 14420.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VICINE 0 Fruit not available 5000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Fruit not available 854000.0 0.36 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed not available 810000.0 2.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WAX 0 Leaf not available 1400.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WYERONE 3 Sprout Seedling 10.0 335.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WYERONE-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
WYERONE-EPOXIDE 3 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).