Plant Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea

How this plant is used

Food

Subspecies

unguiculata

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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
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	3067.0	43200.0	2.69	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	4550.0	44520.0	1.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE	0	Seed	not available	14050.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	90000.0	283800.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	41000.0	401174.0	1.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA	4	Seed	3380.0	10181.0	-0.73	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA	4	Shoot	1060.0	10372.0	-0.71	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYROPHOSPHATASE	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.
RAFFINOSE	1	Seed	not available	4000.0	-0.52	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.5	4.5	0.37	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	1.8	17.0	-0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	13.0	39.0	1.87	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Seed	0.0	0.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
SECOISOLARICIRESINOL	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.71	H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
SELENIUM	60	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	12030.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	2100.0	6325.0	-0.52	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA	0	Shoot	660.0	6458.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.75	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 *