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Common Names
Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOPA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 6 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FABATIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 6850.0 | -0.59 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 6000.0 | 31580.0 | -1.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FAVIN | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 20000.0 | 137000.0 | -0.04 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 22000.0 | 115780.0 | -0.15 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FR | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Root | 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. |
| GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPICATECHIN | 0 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLOCATECHIN-(4-{ALPHA},8)-CATECHIN | 0 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 1 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-HYDROXYCITRULLIN | 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. |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Seed | 0.0 | 19.9 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERALDONE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GIBBERELLIN-A-53 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 8550.0 | 45000.0 | 0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogen-Agonist | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999. |
| Estrogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| Flatulent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 8 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogen | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |