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Pea
Pisum sativum
Pea · Almindelig ært · Erbse · Futter-Erbse · Garden Pea · Garden pea · Garten-Erbse · Kultur-Erbse · Pisello · Pois cultive · Pois cultivé · Pois cultivé, Petit pois, Pois rond · aaker-ærter · common-pea
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, India, Haiti, India(Santal), China, Belgium, US, France
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Contraceptive, Diuretic, Dysentery, Nausea
Science studied: ABSCISIC-ACID, ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID, ALANINE, ALLANTOIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Pisum sativum
Common names: Pea, Almindelig ært, Erbse, Futter-Erbse, Garden Pea, Garden pea, Garten-Erbse, Kultur-Erbse, Pisello, Pois cultive, Pois cultivé, Pois cultivé, Petit pois, Pois rond, aaker-ærter, common-pea
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, India, Haiti, India(Santal), China, Elsewhere, Belgium, US and 8 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Contraceptive
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Nausea
- Resolvent
- Tumor(Testicle)
- Wart
- Refrigerant
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- Cyanogenetic
- Fever
- Flux
- Hyperglycemia
- Lactogogue
- Urogenital
- Emollient
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- India
- Haiti
- India(Santal)
- China
- Elsewhere
- Belgium
- US
- France
- AL
- AT
- AU
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- BA
- BE
- BG
- BR
Documented cultural uses
- Contraceptive
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Nausea
- Resolvent
- Tumor(Testicle)
- Wart
- Refrigerant
- Cyanogenetic
- Fever
- Flux
- Hyperglycemia
show 3 more documented entries
- Lactogogue
- Urogenital
- Emollient
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ALPHA-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID
- ALANINE
- ALLANTOIN
- ALUMINUM
- L-(+)-2-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ARGININE
- ARSENIC
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BETAINE
- BROMINE
- CADAVERINE
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- CADMIUM
- CALCIUM
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CELLULOSE
- CEPHALIN
- CHLORINE
- CHOLESTEROL
- CHOLINE
- CHROMIUM
- CITRIC-ACID
- COBALT
- COPPER
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMESTROL
- CRYPTOXANTHIN
- BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
- CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE
- CYSTINE
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- DIHYDROFOLATE-SYNTHESASE
- (R)-DIHYDRO-MALEIMIDE
- (R)-DIHYDRO-MALEIMIDE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 4,4'-DIHYDROXY-2'-METHOXY-CHALCONE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FLUORINE
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GIBBERELLINS
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- GLYCOLIC-ACID
- HENTRIACONTANE
- 14-HENTRIACONTANOL
- 16-HENTRIACONTANOL
- HISTAMINE
- HISTIDINE
- L-(+)-HOMOSERINE
- L-(-)-HOMOSERINE
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- GAMMA-HYDROXY-HOMOARGININE
- 5'-O-(6-O-{3-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-4-CARBOXY-BUTANOYL}-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)PYRIDOXINE
- 4-HYDROXY-2,3,9-TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN
- 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID
- IODINE
- IRON
- ISOLEUCINE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEAD
- LECITHIN
- LEGUMINELIN
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUPEOL
- LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- LYSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- 5'-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-PYRIDOXINE
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- METHYL-4-CHLORO-INDOYL-3-ACETATE
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- MUFA
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U
- NIACIN
- NICOTINAMIDE
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- OBTUSTYRENE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PAEONIDIN
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PELARGONIDIN
- PETUNIDIN
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOPRECIPITIN
- PINITOL
- PIPECOLINIC-ACID
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- PUTRESCINE
- PYRROLINE
- QUERCETIN-3-COUMAROYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE)
- QUERCETIN-3-FERULOYL-TRIGLUCOSIDE)
- QUERCITRIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- RAFFINOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RUBIDIUM
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SELENIUM
- SERINE
- SFA
- SILICON
- TRANS-SINAPIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- SOYASAPONIN-I
- SPERMINE
- SPERMIDINE
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- SUGAR
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- THREONINE
- TOCOPHEROL
- TRIGONELLINE
- 2,3,9-TRIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYRAMINE
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- VERBASCOSE
- VIT-B-6
- VIT-B12
- WATER
- XANTHOPHYLL
- XENOGNOSIN
- M-XYLOHYDROQUINONE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- BIOTIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- DELPHINIDIN
- 1-3-(4,5-DIHYDRO-FURANONE)-5-(HYDROXY-METHYL)-PYRROLE-2-CARBOXYALDEHYDE
- 3-HYDROXY-2,9-DIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN
- LUTEIN
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ
- 1-O-SINAPOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- SQUALENE
- VICILIN
- L-(+)-ACETYLHOMOSERINE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- BORON
- CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- S-4-CHLORO-TRYPTOPHAN
- 1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- CYANIDIN
- CYCLOARTENOL
- DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- 1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- FOLACIN
- 5'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-PYRIDOXINE
- 15-HENTRIACONTANOL
- INDOLYL-3-ACETALDEHYDE
- ISOXAZOLIN-5-ONE-2-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- LEGUMIN
- MALVIDIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE
- MESOXALIC-ACID
- 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
- MYO-INOSITOL
- NITROGEN
- ONONITOL
- PARAGALACTAN
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PISATIN
- PUFA
- PYRIDOXINE
- QUERCETIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- CIS-SINAPIC-ACID
- STACHYOSE
- L-THREO-ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-CHLORO-BUTYRIC-ACID
- ZINC
- GENISTEIN
- O-ACETYL-HOMOSERINE
- GABA
- HOMOSERINE
- OXALIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- MOLYBDENUM
- NICKEL
- DAIDZEIN
- INOSITOL
- JASMONIC-ACID
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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