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

Common Names

Sensitive Plant

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic	1	Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antineuralgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.