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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
FIBER 15 Fruit 20000.0 113636.0 -0.26 *
FIBER 15 Seed 13000.0 107172.0 -0.22 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 1720.0 42815.0 0.05 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10280.0 11345.0 0.06 *
HEMAGGLUTININE-A 0 Seed *
HEMAGGLUTININE-B 0 Seed *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1090.0 8986.0 0.76 *
IRON 6 Fruit 16.7 94.9 -0.15 *
IRON 6 Seed 7.4 61.0 -0.42 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 2180.0 17972.0 0.95 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 194.0 3795.0 -0.83 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 1450.0 22355.0 0.50 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 10.0 82.0 -0.92 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 190.0 18000.0 0.80 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 400.0 5505.0 1.01 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 39.0 -0.18 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 140.0 2105.0 -0.57 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant 30.0 247.0 -1.47 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 8.0 45.0 -0.21 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fungicide 1 *
Gastroprotective 1 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.