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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 1580.0 | 10857.0 | 0.05 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| KIEVITONE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 1270.0 | 3825.0 | -0.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Shoot | 290.0 | 2837.0 | 0.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEAD | 0 | Seed | 0.4 | 8.4 | 1.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 2111.0 | 20466.0 | 0.32 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | 104.0 | -0.62 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 1168.0 | 5783.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Shoot | 600.0 | 5871.0 | -0.71 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 1168.0 | -0.56 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 1940.0 | 18069.0 | 0.81 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 389.0 | 14400.0 | 4.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Shoot | 430.0 | 4207.0 | -0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 5.6 | 240.0 | 2.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MATIRESINOL | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.71 | H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm. |
| MEDICARPIN | 13 | Leaf Diffusate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 420.0 | 3805.0 | -0.13 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Seed | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 710.0 | 2139.0 | -0.78 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Nematicide | 5 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nematistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephrotoxic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peroxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |