Plant Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Sensitive Plant

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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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	7440.0	52700.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	2090.0	14790.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	530.0	1700.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	11400.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	14000.0	219000.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	116000.0	304000.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.5	7.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	2135.0	15130.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	100000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.2	17.0	1.81	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	749000.0	930000.0	0.61	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	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
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.