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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 0.6 2.90 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 400.0 3292.0 2.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Seed 3460.0 3779.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.0 8.0 0.80 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 360.0 2963.0 -0.21 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 1140.0 1245.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Shoot 220.0 2153.0 0.71 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 10.0 82.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 10.0 11.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Shoot 10.0 98.0 -0.71 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 1.0 59.0 -0.02 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 24.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Shoot 11.2 110.0 0.03 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.0 6.0 0.24 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 210.0 1728.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1140.0 1245.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Shoot 130.0 1272.0 0.71 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 840.0 6913.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 3180.0 3473.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Shoot 530.0 5185.0 -0.71 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 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
Lipotropic 2 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Memorigenic 2 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.