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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |