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

Plant Pachyrhizus erosus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Yambean
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
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYDOLINEONE 0 Seed *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYEROSENONE 0 Plant *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYMUNDUSERONE 0 Plant *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYPACHYRRHIZONE 0 Seed *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYROTENONE 4 Plant *
ADENINE 11 Tuber *
ALANINE 3 Tuber 380.0 3500.0 -0.68 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Tuber 720.0 6635.0 -0.99 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 140.0 1845.0 -0.16 *
ASH 0 Tuber 5000.0 46080.0 -0.79 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Tuber 3870.0 35670.0 0.67 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Tuber *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 150.0 1380.0 -0.74 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Tuber 87500.0 806450.0 -0.03 *
CHOLINE 20 Tuber *
COPPER 12 Tuber 4.0 25.0 1.86 *
CYSTINE 2 Tuber 110.0 1015.0 -0.77 *
DEHYDRONEOTENONE 0 Seed *
DL-NEOTENONE 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th