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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-7-ISOJASMONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| (-)-JASMONIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,6-DIAMINOPURINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 3,5,7,4'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HYDROXYURACIL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 7,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 22.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7,4'-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 2280.0 | 12000.0 | 0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 4630.0 | 24370.0 | -0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Fruit | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.26 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 120.0 | 820.0 | -0.23 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 330.0 | 1735.0 | 0.70 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 8000.0 | 54800.0 | -0.05 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 11000.0 | 57900.0 | 0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 6310.0 | 33210.0 | 0.94 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.15 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 2.1 | 11.0 | 0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-CYANOALANINE | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 950.0 | 4500.0 | 1.10 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Poison | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Toxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trypanosomastat | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |