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Plant Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Bonavist Bean; Hyacinth Bean; Lablab Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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
FIBER 15 Fruit 20000.0 113636.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 13000.0 107172.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 1720.0 42815.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10280.0 11345.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
HEMAGGLUTININE-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMAGGLUTININE-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1090.0 8986.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 16.7 94.9 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 7.4 61.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 2180.0 17972.0 0.95 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 194.0 3795.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 1450.0 22355.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 10.0 82.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 190.0 18000.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 400.0 5505.0 1.01 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed not available 39.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 140.0 2105.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant 30.0 247.0 -1.47 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 8.0 45.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th