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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vicia faba (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
L-DOPA 25 Seed 1500.0 2500.0 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-DOPA 25 Sprout Seedling 500.0 60000.0 *
L-DOPA 25 Stem 34560.0 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 4320.0 22735.0 0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 1200.0 6315.0 -0.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1890.0 9950.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Seed 3660.0 19265.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 330.0 2260.0 0.06 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 380.0 2000.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MATIRESINOL 0 Seed 2.0 8.0 1.41 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
MEDICARPIN 13 Leaf *
MEDICARPIN 13 Plant *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 430.0 2265.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 170.0 895.0 -0.79 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 0.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NAICIN 0 Seed 15.0 75.0 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 8.0 55.0 -0.08 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 2 *
Antigingivitic 2 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 3 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemolytic 3 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatomic 1 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.