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

Plant Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Pigeonpea
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2'-0'METHYLCAJANONE 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Plant *
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ALANINE 3 Seed 8170.0 10870.0 0.15 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ARGININE 14 Seed 11280.0 14530.0 -0.43 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 320.0 1601.0 -0.18 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 1279.0 0.43 *
ASH 0 Fruit 13000.0 51000.0 -0.15 *
ASH 0 Leaf 185000.0 1.17 *
ASH 0 Plant 58000.0 -1.14 *
ASH 0 Seed 14000.0 46000.0 -0.06 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 17940.0 24000.0 0.13 *
BETA-AMRYIN 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.4 4.0 -0.14 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.8 4.6 -0.14 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CAJAFLAVANONE 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CAJAISOFLAVONE 0 Root Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CAJANIN 3 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilupus 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 (View) *
Antilymphomic 3 (View) *
Antimaculitic 3 (View) *
Antimalarial 1 (View) Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
AntiMeniere's 1 (View) Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 (View) *
Antimicrobial 1 (View) *
Antimigraine 4 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antimitogenic 1 (View) *
Antimorphinic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 4 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 (View) *