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Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
unguiculata

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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
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 1580.0 10857.0 0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KIEVITONE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 1270.0 3825.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 290.0 2837.0 0.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Seed 0.4 8.4 1.74 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 2111.0 20466.0 0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed not available 104.0 -0.62 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 1168.0 5783.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot 600.0 5871.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 1168.0 -0.56 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LYSINE 4 Seed 1940.0 18069.0 0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 389.0 14400.0 4.53 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 430.0 4207.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Seed 5.6 240.0 2.32 Duke, 1992 *
MATIRESINOL 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.71 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
MEDICARPIN 13 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 0.6 2.90 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 420.0 3805.0 -0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.0 8.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Seed 710.0 2139.0 -0.78 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th