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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYCERIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 2300.0 | 12100.0 | 0.17 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HCN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HEXOSAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 1340.0 | 7050.0 | 0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IODINE | 12 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.29 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 19.0 | 100.0 | -0.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 2510.0 | 13210.0 | 0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| JASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-(2'RHAMNOSYL)GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | 3.0 | 220.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-(6'-ACETYL)GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | 13.0 | 738.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | 8.0 | 267.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSYL-(6'-ACETYL)GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | 8.0 | 653.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSYL-(6'-ACETYL)GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Plant | 8.0 | 653.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 720.0 | 3790.0 | -0.84 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| L-DOPA | 25 | Flower | not available | 110000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-DOPA | 25 | Fruit | 2500.0 | 25000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 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 * |