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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |