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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NIACIN 39 Seed 15.0 75.0 0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 170.0 895.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 10.0 70.0 -0.30 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Shoot ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1210.0 6370.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 0.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 50.0 3.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 2280.0 12000.0 0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHATIDES 0 Seed 12000.0 1.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 740.0 5070.0 0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 950.0 5000.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Seed 0.2 1.18 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 180.0 1100.0 -1.44 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 1240.0 5000.0 0.72 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Seed 4400.0 4915.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 390.0 2670.0 -1.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2500.0 13160.0 0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Testa *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Testa *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialopecic 4 *
Antialzheimeran 4 *
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 2 *
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 5 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 *
Antiarthritic 8 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 6 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 15 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.