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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	82.0	-0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	20.0	60.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Shoot	10.0	98.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	15.0	17.0	0.03	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYL-PHOSPHATASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	1540.0	12675.0	3.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	14210.0	15518.0	0.47	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	590.0	4856.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	5342.0	6375.0	0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	90.0	881.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	5100.0	10270.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2101.0	22212.0	0.38	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	11570.0	12635.0	0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	4550.0	44520.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	not available	14050.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	28000.0	230453.0	1.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN	0	Seed	238800.0	270598.0	0.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	41000.0	401174.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	1690.0	13909.0	0.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.