Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
VANADIUM	16	Seed	0.2	2.4	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSE	1	Seed	not available	31000.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
VIGNAFURAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIGNAFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	3.7	4.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Fruit	872000.0	884560.0	0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	890000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	83120.0	85480.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER	0	Shoot	not available	897800.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
YTTRIUM	0	Seed	0.2	2.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	35.0	38.0	-0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZIRCONIUM	0	Seed	0.8	2.4	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).