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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
NIACIN 39 Seed 5.2 42.9 0.00 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 950.0 7832.0 -0.91 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 560.0 4617.0 -0.60 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 10.0 82.0 -0.30 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Plant *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 380.0 13285.0 0.21 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 600.0 3409.0 0.06 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 490.0 4800.0 -0.15 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2520.0 20775.0 0.72 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 1070.0 12822.0 0.29 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 45000.0 255682.0 1.96 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 21000.0 173125.0 -0.54 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.9 7.6 1.55 *
SERINE 1 Seed 13150.0 14510.0 0.75 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 20.0 260.0 -0.30 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 90.0 742.0 -0.55 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 0.8 12.0 1.29 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 1430.0 11789.0 0.82 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 880.0 7255.0 1.34 *
TYROSINASE 1 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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