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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HYPAPHORINE 4 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available 650.0 -0.54 Wealth of India.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 3325.0 -0.89 Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 4875.0 -0.49 Wealth of India.
N,N-DIMETHYL-TRYPTOPHAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N,N-DIMETHYL-TRYPTOPHAN-METHO-CATION-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 12125.0 -0.88 Wealth of India.
P-COUMAROYLGALLOYL-GLUCODELPHINIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 300.0 -0.69 Wealth of India.
PECTIN 24 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PENTOSANS 0 Seed not available 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 not available not available not available =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 not available 58600.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PRECASINE 0 Seed not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PRECATORINE 0 Seed not available not available not available 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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaccinic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 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.
Bacteristat 1 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Carcinogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *