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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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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PUFA 4 Seed 5650.0 6170.0 -0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Shoot 1060.0 10372.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PYROPHOSPHATASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed not available 4000.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.1 9.0 0.85 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 2.3 2.6 -0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 1.8 17.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 13.0 39.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed not available 12030.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 1050.0 8642.0 -0.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 3390.0 3702.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Shoot 660.0 6458.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 39.0 333.0 -0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 170.0 186.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Shoot 70.0 685.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available 20000.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 390000.0 400000.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *