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

Common Names

Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROCYANIDIN-B-4	4	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE	0	Fruit	9.0	1480.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	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.
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	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Seed	not available	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	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypocholesterolemic	17	Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	11	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge	7	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).