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Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pea Bean; Asparagus Bean; Yardlong Bean
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
sesquipedalis
Subspecies Author
(L.) VERDC.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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
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.