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.
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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	180.0	2570.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	5000.0	71000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	36000.0	54000.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	65.0	930.0	2.91	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	350.0	23800.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	51000.0	689000.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CROCETIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CROCETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-XYLOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	0.0	32000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	24000.0	170000.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	82000.0	327000.0	2.05	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	14.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	220.0	3140.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	12240.0	86700.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	100.0	680.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
MIMOSINE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOREPINEPHRINE	0	Plant	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
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	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
Hypotensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	3	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.