Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire	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
Antispasmodic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	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
Antisyndrome-X	7	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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	6	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.