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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Sensitive Plant

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator	4	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *