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Common Names
Pea Bean; Asparagus Bean; Yardlong Bean
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
sesquipedalis
Subspecies Author
(L.) VERDC.
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 130.0 | 1070.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 120.0 | 753.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Shoot | 80.0 | 783.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 4000.0 | 32922.0 | -0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 13100.0 | 14306.0 | -1.32 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 2500.0 | 24462.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 47700.0 | 52090.0 | -0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FIBER | 15 | Shoot | 13000.0 | 127202.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Fruit | not available | 8.9 | 2.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Seed | 6.5 | 7.2 | 1.90 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| GALACTOSYL-ONONITOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Yasui, T., Ohno, S. 1982. Distribution of Galactosyl Ononitol and Ononitol in Angiospermae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 56: 1053-1056. |
| GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 43190.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 8550.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Fruit | 900.0 | 7407.0 | 3.99 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 7550.0 | 8245.0 | 0.56 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 1.0 | 69.0 | -0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 86.0 | 94.0 | -0.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 2 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 7 | 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 |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitumor | 5 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |