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

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.3 21.9 0.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 0.7 6.9 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BORON 4 Seed 3.0 60.0 1.70 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 253.0 14400.0 1.88 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 630.0 6164.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 218000.0 681771.0 0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 48200.0 471624.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CERIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.78 *
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.2 -0.12 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 100.0 -0.53 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Seed 2020.0 0.33 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.0 3.6 -0.16 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 1.2 -0.15 *
COPPER 12 Seed 1.3 12.0 -0.26 *
COUMESTROL 13 Seed 0.0 -0.52 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
COUMESTROL 13 Stem *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed 26.0 -1.00 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.
CYSTINE 2 Seed 440.0 2953.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.3 57.0 -0.21 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 *
Antiulcer 8 *
Antiulcer? 1 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 5 *