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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 Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-PHASEOLLIN 0 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.
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 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 6.0 840.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
AMYLOSE 0 Seed 108420.0 111200.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.0 0.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 86.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed not available 380.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
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