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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 38.0 | 200.0 | -0.40 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Shoot | 70.0 | 685.0 | 1.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 20000.0 | -0.15 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 390000.0 | 400000.0 | 0.36 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 270.0 | 813.0 | -0.55 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Shoot | 80.0 | 783.0 | 0.71 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | 14.0 | 250.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Seed | 2.0 | 60.0 | 1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINOXIDASE | 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. |
| SUCCINOXIDASE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Seed | not available | 15000.0 | -0.48 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.1 | 10.0 | 0.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Shoot | 3.5 | 35.0 | 2.02 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 1100.0 | 10165.0 | 0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TIN | 4 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.2 | 84.0 | 2.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 340.0 | 3293.0 | -0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 1210.0 | 8631.0 | 0.21 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 1710.0 | 12731.0 | 0.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VANADIUM | 16 | Seed | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiproliferative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antiprostatitic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | 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 |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatitic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |