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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 5650.0 | 6170.0 | -0.76 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PUFA | 4 | Shoot | 1060.0 | 10372.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYROPHOSPHATASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 4000.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 1.1 | 9.0 | 0.85 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 2.3 | 2.6 | -0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Shoot | 1.8 | 17.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Seed | 13.0 | 39.0 | 1.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCANDIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 12030.0 | 0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Fruit | 1050.0 | 8642.0 | -0.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 3390.0 | 3702.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Shoot | 660.0 | 6458.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILVER | 3 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 39.0 | 333.0 | -0.15 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 170.0 | 186.0 | -0.42 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Shoot | 70.0 | 685.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 20000.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 390000.0 | 400000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |