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
PUFA	4	Seed	5650.0	6170.0	-0.76	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA	4	Shoot	1060.0	10372.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PYROPHOSPHATASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	4000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.1	9.0	0.85	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	2.3	2.6	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	1.8	17.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	13.0	39.0	1.87	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Seed	0.0	0.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	12030.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Fruit	1050.0	8642.0	-0.19	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Seed	3390.0	3702.0	-0.54	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Shoot	660.0	6458.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	39.0	333.0	-0.15	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM	1	Seed	170.0	186.0	-0.42	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM	1	Shoot	70.0	685.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Seed	not available	20000.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	390000.0	400000.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *

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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.