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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	130.0	1070.0	-0.21	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	200.0	218.0	-0.56	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Shoot	80.0	783.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	250.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	2.0	60.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINOXIDASE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Seed	not available	15000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.8	10.0	0.60	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN	31	Seed	9.0	10.0	0.81	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	3.5	35.0	2.02	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	1040.0	8560.0	2.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Seed	9260.0	10112.0	0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TIN	4	Seed	0.0	0.7	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	0.2	84.0	2.36	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	320.0	2634.0	2.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	3000.0	3276.0	-0.02	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	1150.0	9465.0	2.92	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE	8	Seed	7860.0	8584.0	0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Fruit	1620.0	13333.0	1.83	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE	3	Seed	11600.0	12688.0	0.08	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
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.