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
FIBER	15	Fruit	20000.0	113636.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	13000.0	107172.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	1720.0	42815.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	10280.0	11345.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
HEMAGGLUTININE-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEMAGGLUTININE-B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	1090.0	8986.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	16.7	94.9	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	7.4	61.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	2180.0	17972.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	194.0	3795.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	1450.0	22355.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	10.0	82.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	190.0	18000.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	400.0	5505.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	39.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	140.0	2105.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	30.0	247.0	-1.47	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	8.0	45.0	-0.21	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
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th