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

Common Names
Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STIZOLAMINE 0 Seed 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 5000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Fruit 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 810000.0 2.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WAX 0 Leaf 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 *
WYERONE-ACID 3 Plant 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 J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiberiberi 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 4 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticanker 2 *
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 2 *