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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
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-ABRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 5-BETA-CHOLANIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ABRALINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ABRANIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ABRASINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRICIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRIN-A | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ABRIN-C | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ABRISIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRUQUINONE-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRUQUINONE-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRUQUINONE-C | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRUSGENIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRUSGENIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRUSLACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ABRUSOGENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRUSOSIDE-A | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ABRUSOSIDE-B | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABRUSOSIDE-C | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lectin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mineral-Corticoid | 1 | 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. |
| Mitogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucoirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |