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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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer? 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *