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Plant Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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)
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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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 26 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 7 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *