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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.5 72.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.3 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 0.7 6.9 -0.69 *
BORON 4 Seed 3.0 60.0 1.70 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 500.0 4115.0 0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1255.0 1643.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 630.0 6164.0 -0.63 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 83500.0 687243.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 619000.0 676095.0 0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 48200.0 471624.0 -0.69 *
CERIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.78 *
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.12 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 100.0 -0.53 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 2020.0 0.33 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.0 3.6 -0.16 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 1.2 -0.15 *
COPPER 12 Seed 9.0 10.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 420.0 3457.0 2.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2690.0 2938.0 -0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 2 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 *