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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-AMYLASE | 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 253.0 | 14400.0 | 1.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CESIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 1.3 | 12.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.52 | H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm. |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |