Bengal gram

Names

Common Names

• chickpea
• garbanzo bean
• Bengal gram
• garbanzo
• gram

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Vicia arietina

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and is classified under the phylum Streptophyta and class Equisetopsida. Within the subclass Magnoliidae, it is further organized under the order Fabales and the family Fabaceae. Finally, its specific taxonomic placement is within the genus Cicer.

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific distribution pattern across several regions of Europe. In Northern Europe, it can be found growing in Great Britain and Ireland. Moving into Middle Europe, the species is also present in Austria. Its range further extends through the Czech-Slovakia region. Finally, the plant is documented to inhabit parts of Germany.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Cicer arietinum has 170 reported phytochemicals identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include biochanin A, methionine, Isoflavones, STARCH, arginine.

biochanin A

1. Dr. Duke
2. Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA
3. Lipids
4. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
5. Indian heart journal

methionine

1. Dr. Duke
2. Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion
3. Reproduction, nutrition, development
4. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
5. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Isoflavones

1. Lipids
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR
3. Annals of translational medicine
4. Voprosy meditsinskoi khimii

STARCH

1. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
2. The Journal of nutrition
3. Indian journal of experimental biology
4. Die Nahrung

arginine

1. Dr. Duke
2. Reproduction, nutrition, development
3. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
4. The Journal of nutrition

lysine

1. Dr. Duke
2. Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion
3. Reproduction, nutrition, development
4. The Journal of nutrition

Ash

1. Dr. Duke
2. Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion
3. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)

FAT

1. Dr. Duke
2. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
3. Archivos latinoamericanos de nutricion

Flavonoids

1. Journal of tropical medicine
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Voprosy meditsinskoi khimii

IRON

1. Dr. Duke
2. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
3. Annals of nutrition & metabolism

Activities

Cicer arietinum has 435 reported activities identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Abortifacient, Allergenic, Analgesic, Antimicrobial.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Cicer arietinum has 28 reported medicinal uses identified across 6 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include Alzheimer's disease, anaphylaxis, breast cancer, hypercholesterolemia, Bronchial asthma.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations