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
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Fruit	130.0	1070.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	120.0	753.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Shoot	80.0	783.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM	0	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	4000.0	32922.0	-0.39	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT	0	Seed	13100.0	14306.0	-1.32	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT	0	Shoot	2500.0	24462.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	47700.0	52090.0	-0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER	15	Shoot	13000.0	127202.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	not available	8.9	2.80	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	6.5	7.2	1.90	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTOSYL-ONONITOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Yasui, T., Ohno, S. 1982. Distribution of Galactosyl Ononitol and Ononitol in Angiospermae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 56: 1053-1056.
GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	43190.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	not available	8550.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	900.0	7407.0	3.99	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	7550.0	8245.0	0.56	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON	6	Fruit	1.0	69.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON	6	Seed	86.0	94.0	-0.26	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
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic	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
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *