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 |
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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 |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 * |