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.
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
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
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic	3	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Flatulent	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	6	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition