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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
IRON 6 Shoot 19.0 188.0 -0.42 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 1500.0 12346.0 2.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9890.0 10800.0 0.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 470.0 3868.0 0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3470.0 3789.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 290.0 2837.0 0.00 *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.4 8.4 1.74 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 2000.0 16461.0 2.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Seed 18640.0 20356.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 104.0 -0.62 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 960.0 7901.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3080.0 3364.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot 600.0 5871.0 -0.71 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1168.0 -0.56 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 1840.0 15144.0 2.86 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Seed 16460.0 17975.0 0.80 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 374.0 4160.0 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 3141.0 3952.0 0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 430.0 4207.0 -0.45 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 16.0 17.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Breast) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 8 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 3 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *