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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Bonavist Bean; Hyacinth Bean; Lablab Bean
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN 3 Hypocotyl 36.0 *
3-O-GLUCOPYRANOSYLGIBBERELLIN-A4 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Seed 420.0 11775.0 0.34 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 70.0 577.0 -0.32 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 880.0 19365.0 -0.22 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 7.7 63.6 -0.28 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 1063.0 0.30 *
ASH 0 Fruit 10000.0 56818.0 0.00 *
ASH 0 Seed 6400.0 52762.0 0.15 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 2560.0 31130.0 0.76 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.7 5.4 -0.09 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 500.0 2841.0 -0.23 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 500.0 4122.0 0.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 100000.0 568182.0 -1.15 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 91900.0 757628.0 0.93 *
COPPER 12 Seed 9.0 16.0 0.11 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 460.0 3792.0 0.45 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 5682.0 -0.60 *
FAT 0 Seed 2000.0 16488.0 -1.31 *
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Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 8 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 2 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th