A collection of the best studies on the bean:

Effects of Phaseolus vulgaris Extract on Lipolytic Activity and Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes into Mature Adipocytes: A Strategy to Prevent Obesity.
Castillo F, González DR, Moore-Carrasco R.
J Nutr Metab. 2019 Apr 28;2019:5093654. doi: 10.1155/2019/5093654.

Application of Deep Eutectic Solvents in Hybrid Molecularly Imprinted Polymers and Mesoporous Siliceous Material for Solid-Phase Extraction of Levofloxacin from Green Bean Extract.
Li X, Row KH.
Anal Sci. 2017;33(5):611-617. doi: 10.2116/analsci.33.611.

Genetic Diversity within Snap Beans and Their Relation to Dry Beans.
Wallace L, Arkwazee H, Vining K, Myers JR.
Genes (Basel). 2018 Nov 28;9(12). pii: E587. doi: 10.3390/genes9120587.

Effects of biochar on enhanced nutrient use efficiency of green bean, Vigna radiata L.
Prapagdee S, Tawinteung N.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Apr;24(10):9460-9467. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8633-1

Reduction of potassium content of green bean pods and chard by culinary processing. Tools for chronic kidney disease.
Martínez-Pineda M, Yagüe-Ruiz C, Caverni-Muñoz A, Vercet-Tormo A.
Nefrologia. 2016 Jul-Aug;36(4):427-32. doi: 10.1016/j.nefro.2016.03.022.

Fermentation product of soybean, black bean, and green bean mixture induces apoptosis in a wide variety of cancer cells.
Chia JS, Du JL, Wu MS, Hsu WB, Chiang CP, Sun A, Lu JJ, Wang WB.
Integr Cancer Ther. 2013 May;12(3):248-56. doi: 10.1177/1534735412458828.

The bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), is one of the most important plants for human nutrition and is also one of the vegetables with more protein.

In richer countries, the consumption of beans consumption has decreased even though meat production is much more expensive and is considered, by comparison, less healthy.

Red meat has important health contraindications as it appears to be associated with cardiovascular disorders and cancer. The scientific literature agrees on this.

To counter this trend, it is suggested to replace meat, in particular red meat, with vegetables that provide the human body with the proteins necessary for healthy development, i.e. beans.

Even with regard to one of the most common health problems in high-tech countries, obesity, beans play an important role.

The content of the beans includes (1):

• protein 18 to 31%
• carbohydrates 50 to 76%
• calcium 0.05 to 0.31%

The green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) like all beans belongs to the Fabaceae family which includes widely consumed species, such as peanuts and soybeans.

It contains small amounts of vitamins including vitamin C or ascorbic acid, vitamin B or folic carotenoid acid including modest amounts of neoxantine and violaxantine.

Among the pigments, even small amounts of chlorophyll.

Green bean studies

References__________________________________________________

(1) Dry beans of Phaseolus. A review. Part 1. Chemical composition: proteins.  Sathe SK, Deshpande SS, Salunkhe DK.  Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 1984;20(1):1-46.