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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 7 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiencephalopathic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendoccytotic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |