Botanical species · safety record

Phaseolus lunatus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 24 constituent measurements and 3 adverse-effect records for Phaseolus lunatus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Phaseolus lunatus L.

24Constituent measurements

3Safety records

7Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Target tissues

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.8 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 3.3 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 10.4 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 8.9 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.6 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Cyanogenic glycosides	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 1 Microgram/gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Hydrocyanic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	32 Milligram/kilogram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Linamarin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 14 Milligram/gram	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Linamarin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 26 Milligram/gram	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Lotaustralin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 220 Microgram/gram	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Lotaustralin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 790 Microgram/gram	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 11.6 Microgram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 8 Microgram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Biochanin-a	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 2.7 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Coumestrol	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 10 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Daidzein	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 12.2 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Daidzein	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 89 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Formononetin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 12.4 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Formononetin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 9 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Genistein	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 10.6 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Genistein	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 19.2 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Matairesinol	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Secoisolarisiresinol	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 158 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Secoisolarisiresinol	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 185 Microgram/100 gram	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Digestive	Stomach	Seed	—	Rat (as animal)	Subchronic	Resolve DOI
Digestive	Digestive	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier
Not reported	—	Seed	—	Human (as organism)	Case report	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Mazur, Witold M., Duke, James A., Wahala, Kristiina., Rasku, Sirpa., Adlercreutz, Herman. Isoflavonoids and lignans in legumes: nutritional and health aspects in humans. Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 1998, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 193-200.
Guignard, L. The hydrogen cyanide supplying bean (Phaseolus Lunatus). Historical, botanical and chemical study. New procedure for the proof of hydrocyanic acid. machine translation . Bull. des sciences pharmacol., 1906, vol. 13, p. 129-38.
Betancur-Ancona, D., Segura-Campos, M., Rosado-Rubio, G., Franco, L.S., Chel-Guerrero, L. Chemical composition and anti-nutritional factors in five tropical legume seeds. Beans: nutrition, consumption and health, 2012, p. 117-141.
Jaff�, W.G. Toxische und Wachstumshemmende Faktoren in Bohnen. Qualitas plantarum et materiae vegetabiles, 1969, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 113-130. DOI
Laurena, Antonio C., Revilleza, Ma. Jamela R., Mendona, Evelyn Mae T. Polyphenols, Phytate, Cyanogenic Glycosides, and Trypsin Inhibitor Activity of Several Philippine Indigenous Food Legumes. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 1994, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 194-202. DOI
Shlichta, J. Gwen., Glauser, Gaetan., Benrey, Betty. Variation in Cyanogenic Glycosides Across Populations of Wild Lima Beans (Phaseolus lunatus) Has No Apparent Effect on Bruchid Beetle Performance . Journal of chemical ecology, 2014, vol. 40, no. 5, p. 468-475. DOI
Cressey, P., Saunders, D., Goodman, J. Cyanogenic glycosides in plant-based foods available in New Zealand. Food additives and contaminants - part a chemistry, analysis, control, exposure and risk assessment, 2013, vol. 30, no. 11, p. 1946-1953. DOI

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A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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