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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAIDZEIN | 32 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| EUROPIUM | 0 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 8000.0 | 24300.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATASE | 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. |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 43190.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCEROPHOSPHATASE | 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. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 8550.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Shoot | 19.0 | 188.0 | -0.42 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| 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 * |