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Common Names
Pea Bean; Asparagus Bean; Yardlong Bean
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
sesquipedalis
Subspecies Author
(L.) VERDC.
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 10.0 | 82.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 20.0 | 60.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Shoot | 10.0 | 98.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 15.0 | 17.0 | 0.03 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENYL-PHOSPHATASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 1540.0 | 12675.0 | 3.24 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 14210.0 | 15518.0 | 0.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 590.0 | 4856.0 | 0.50 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 5342.0 | 6375.0 | 0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Shoot | 90.0 | 881.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORYLASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 5100.0 | 10270.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 2101.0 | 22212.0 | 0.38 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 11570.0 | 12635.0 | 0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Shoot | 4550.0 | 44520.0 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 14050.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 28000.0 | 230453.0 | 1.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 238800.0 | 270598.0 | 0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Shoot | 41000.0 | 401174.0 | 1.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Fruit | 1690.0 | 13909.0 | 0.16 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| AntiMS | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyelotoxic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |