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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DAIDZEIN 32 Sprout Seedling *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed 29.0 -0.52 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.
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed 120.0 753.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Shoot 80.0 783.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
EUROPIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.98 *
FAT 0 Seed 8000.0 24300.0 -1.27 *
FAT 0 Shoot 2500.0 24462.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Seed 14000.0 14630.0 -0.95 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 13000.0 127202.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLACIN 15 Seed 1.6 7.6 2.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Fruit 8.9 1.37 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed 0.8 4.1 -0.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GENISTEIN 81 Seed 0.0 23.3 -0.30 *
GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 43190.0 0.06 *
GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 8550.0 -0.35 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 950.0 8290.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Seed 10.0 240.0 0.41 *
IRON 6 Shoot 19.0 188.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 *
Antiarthritic 10 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 7 *
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 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 *
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 *