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
Antiglossitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.