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Plant Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Sensitive Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 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 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.