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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 7 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Atherogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 23 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Cancer-Preventive? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |