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Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
unguiculata
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidipsomanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th