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.
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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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	3	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic	3	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimicrobial	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.