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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 3067.0 43200.0 2.69 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Shoot 4550.0 44520.0 1.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Seed not available 14050.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 90000.0 283800.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 41000.0 401174.0 1.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 3380.0 10181.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Shoot 1060.0 10372.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYROPHOSPHATASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed not available 4000.0 -0.52 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.5 4.5 0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 1.8 17.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed 13.0 39.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.71 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed not available 12030.0 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 2100.0 6325.0 -0.52 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 *
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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
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 7 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *