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

Plant Abrus precatorius (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Crab's Eye, Jequerity, Coral Beadplant, Indian Licorice, Licorice Vine, Love Bean, Lucky Bean, Minnie-Minnies, Prayer Beads, Precatory Bean, Red Beadvine, Rosary Pea, Weatherplant, Weathervine, Jequirity Bean
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HYPAPHORINE 4 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 620.0 2950.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 650.0 -0.54 Wealth of India.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3325.0 -0.89 Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 4875.0 -0.49 Wealth of India.
N,N-DIMETHYL-TRYPTOPHAN 0 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N,N-DIMETHYL-TRYPTOPHAN-METHO-CATION-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 12125.0 -0.88 Wealth of India.
P-COUMAROYLGALLOYL-GLUCODELPHINIDIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 300.0 -0.69 Wealth of India.
PECTIN 24 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
PENTOSANS 0 Seed 92100.0 0.28 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 650.0 3095.0 -0.35 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PICATORINE 0 Seed =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
POLYGALACTURONIC-ACIDS 0 Seed 58600.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PRECASINE 0 Seed J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PRECATORINE 0 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 56000.0 267000.0 0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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