Plant Lablab purpureus (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bonavist Bean; Hyacinth Bean; Lablab Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
2'-HYDROXYGENISTEIN	3	Hypocotyl	not available	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-GLUCOPYRANOSYLGIBBERELLIN-A4	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	420.0	11775.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	70.0	577.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	880.0	19365.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	7.7	63.6	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	1063.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	10000.0	56818.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	6400.0	52762.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	2560.0	31130.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.7	5.4	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	500.0	2841.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	500.0	4122.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	100000.0	568182.0	-1.15	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	91900.0	757628.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	9.0	16.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	460.0	3792.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	5682.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	2000.0	16488.0	-1.31	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	15	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.