| Test/Reagent | Phytochemical | Red pop beans | Black pop beans |
| Liebermann-Burchard | Steroid | − | − |
| Bortranger | Quinones | + | + |
| Assay for Cathequins | Catechins | − | − |
| Shinoda | Flavonoids | + | + |
| Ninhydrin reaction | Proteins | − | − |
| FeCl3 | Polyphenols | + | + |
| Fehling | Reducing sugars | + | + |
| Assay for resins | Resins | + | + |
| Assay with gelatin | Tannins | + | + |
| Sudán | Lipids | + | + |
| Dragendorff | Alkaloids | + | + |
| Baljet | Coumarins | + | + |
| Mayer | Alkaloids | − | − |
| Wagner | Alkaloids | + | + |
| Rosenhein | Leucoanthocyanidins | + | + |
| Foam test | Saponins | + | + |
| Mucilage assay | Polisaccharides | + | + |