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Plant Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

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
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.
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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
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 4 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Laxative 4 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.