Plant Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowage, Velvetbean

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-METHYL-3-CARBOXY-6,7-DIHYDROXY-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-N-OXIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-OXYINDOLE-3-ALKYLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYHARMAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	5475.0	11600.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	65.0	1385.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	12350.0	26180.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	30000.0	44000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	19850.0	42080.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	140.0	2265.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARBOLINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUFOTENINE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1320.0	1600.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	529000.0	667000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-CIS-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-ENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	1400.0	2965.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *

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