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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocalcemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 17 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 158. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 12 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 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 |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 8 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Insectifuge | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |