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
IRON	6	Shoot	19.0	188.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	1500.0	12346.0	2.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9890.0	10800.0	0.04	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	470.0	3868.0	0.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3470.0	3789.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES	0	Shoot	290.0	2837.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	0.4	8.4	1.74	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	2000.0	16461.0	2.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE	2	Seed	18640.0	20356.0	0.31	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	104.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	960.0	7901.0	-0.24	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	3080.0	3364.0	-0.89	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Shoot	600.0	5871.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	1168.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	1840.0	15144.0	2.86	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE	4	Seed	16460.0	17975.0	0.80	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	374.0	4160.0	0.94	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	3141.0	3952.0	0.40	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Shoot	430.0	4207.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	16.0	17.0	-0.45	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).