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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
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
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 6 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Choline-Sparing 1 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th