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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |