Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

unguiculata

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	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
Lipase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1	Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *