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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea Bean, Asparagus Bean, Yardlong Bean
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
sesquipedalis
Subspecies Author
(L.) VERDC.

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-PHASEOLLIN 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALANINE 3 Seed 11090.0 12111.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 700.0 5761.0 1.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 2580.0 2817.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Shoot 440.0 4305.0 0.71 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 6.0 840.0 1.03 *
AMYLOSE 0 Seed 108420.0 111200.0 -0.71 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.0 0.0 -1.09 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 86.0 -0.65 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 1960.0 16131.0 3.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Seed 16850.0 18401.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 56.0 2633.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 16.0 17.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 360.0 3523.0 -0.20 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 49383.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 39270.0 45132.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Shoot 10500.0 102740.0 0.00 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 29380.0 32085.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Seed 1.0 60.0 -0.18 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 380.0 -0.64 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *