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
NIACIN	39	Seed	5.2	42.9	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	950.0	7832.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	560.0	4617.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	10.0	82.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	380.0	13285.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	600.0	3409.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	490.0	4800.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	2520.0	20775.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	1070.0	12822.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	45000.0	255682.0	1.96	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	21000.0	173125.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.9	7.6	1.55	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	13150.0	14510.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	20.0	260.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	90.0	742.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	0.8	12.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	1430.0	11789.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	880.0	7255.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINASE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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.