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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
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 *
Antineuroblastomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 4 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.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.