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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
MUFA 13 Shoot 220.0 2153.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 20.0 60.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Shoot 10.0 98.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 13.0 48.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Shoot 11.2 110.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Seed 0.0 6.0 0.24 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 430.0 1295.0 -0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Shoot 130.0 1272.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1690.0 5090.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Shoot 530.0 5185.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 20.0 60.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Shoot 10.0 98.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 1.5 18.0 0.13 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYL-PHOSPHATASE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 1620.0 13330.0 0.21 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 520.0 15593.0 2.71 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 90.0 881.0 -1.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORYLASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTATE 0 Seed 8150.0 9180.0 -0.41 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 5100.0 10270.0 -0.57 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.