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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIZOLAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 530.0 | 3630.0 | 1.54 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.8 | 5.4 | 0.01 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.7 | 9.0 | 0.58 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 2080.0 | 10950.0 | 0.63 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 560.0 | 2950.0 | -0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 1960.0 | 10315.0 | 0.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 2740.0 | 14420.0 | 0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VICINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 5000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 854000.0 | 0.36 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | not available | 810000.0 | 2.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| WAX | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1400.0 | -1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WYERONE | 3 | Sprout Seedling | 10.0 | 335.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WYERONE-ACID | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| WYERONE-EPOXIDE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 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 * |