Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
VANADIUM	16	Seed	0.2	2.4	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSE	1	Seed	not available	31000.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
VIGNAFURAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIGNAFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	3.7	4.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Fruit	872000.0	884560.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	890000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	83120.0	85480.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Shoot	not available	897800.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM	0	Seed	0.2	2.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	35.0	38.0	-0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZIRCONIUM	0	Seed	0.8	2.4	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	19	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	2	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *