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
BETA-AMYLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.5	72.0	-0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	3.0	60.0	1.70	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	500.0	4115.0	0.06	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1255.0	1643.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	630.0	6164.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	83500.0	687243.0	-0.51	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	619000.0	676095.0	0.61	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Shoot	48200.0	471624.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CERIUM	0	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM	0	Seed	0.0	0.2	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	100.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	2020.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	0.0	3.6	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	0.0	1.2	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	9.0	10.0	-0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	420.0	3457.0	2.53	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE	2	Seed	2690.0	2938.0	-0.15	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
Toxic	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
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).