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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Testa *
PROLINE 0 Seed 2520.0 13265.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 45000.0 308200.0 2.66 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 56000.0 294735.0 0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 3100.0 16315.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN-3-(6'-ACETYL)GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit 7.0 720.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit 9.0 1480.0 *
QUERCETIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 120.0 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.1 6.0 0.95 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 7.0 40.0 -0.13 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 3500.0 -0.46 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 3 Seed 0.0 -0.71 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
SERINE 1 Seed 2460.0 12950.0 0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 1380.0 7265.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 435.0 2980.0 0.10 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SODIUM 1 Seed 500.0 2630.0 3.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 170.0 895.0 -0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 90.0 450.0 0.04 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 3 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuroblastomic 1 *
Antineuroleptic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuropathic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 8 *
Antioxidant 26 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition