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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
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphenylketonuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiplaque | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiPMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |