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Common Names
Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
unguiculata
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | 29.0 | -0.52 | Noorwala, M., Mohammad, F. V., Ahmad, V. U. 1995. A New Monodesmosidic Triterpenoid Saponin From the Seeds of Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata. J Nat Prod, 58(7): 1070-1074. |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 120.0 | 753.0 | -0.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ERUCIC-ACID | 2 | Shoot | 80.0 | 783.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 8000.0 | 24300.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Shoot | 2500.0 | 24462.0 | -0.42 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 14000.0 | 14630.0 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Shoot | 13000.0 | 127202.0 | -0.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Seed | 1.6 | 7.6 | 2.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FOLIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | 8.9 | 1.37 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FOLIC-ACID | 23 | Seed | 0.8 | 4.1 | -0.35 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Seed | 0.0 | 23.3 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 43190.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE | 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. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 8550.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 950.0 | 8290.0 | 0.58 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 10.0 | 240.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Shoot | 19.0 | 188.0 | -0.42 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antioxidant | 17 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiperiodontal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiphenylketonuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiPMS | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolyneuritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipolyp | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |