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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 520.0 15593.0 2.71 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 90.0 881.0 -1.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORYLASE 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.
PHYTATE 0 Seed 8150.0 9180.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed 5100.0 10270.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *