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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 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
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th