Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cowage, Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name 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 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Seed *
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-N-OXIDE 0 Seed *
5-OXYINDOLE-3-ALKYLAMINE 0 Seed *
6-METHOXYHARMAN 0 Leaf *
ALANINE 3 Seed 5475.0 11600.0 0.31 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 65.0 1385.0 -0.52 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 12350.0 26180.0 0.07 *
ASH 0 Seed 30000.0 44000.0 -0.12 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 19850.0 42080.0 1.73 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 140.0 2265.0 -0.47 *
BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BUFOTENINE 10 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1320.0 1600.0 -0.47 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 529000.0 667000.0 0.57 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-CIS-ACID 0 Seed *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1400.0 2965.0 -0.13 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Addictive 1 (View) *
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allergenic 3 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorectic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
ANS-Paralytic 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANS-Stimulant 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 1 (View) *