Plant Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowage; Velvetbean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
1-METHYL-3-CARBOXY-6,7-DIHYDROXY-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-N-OXIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-OXYINDOLE-3-ALKYLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYHARMAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	5475.0	11600.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	65.0	1385.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	12350.0	26180.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	30000.0	44000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	19850.0	42080.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	140.0	2265.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARBOLINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUFOTENINE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1320.0	1600.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	529000.0	667000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-CIS-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-ENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	1400.0	2965.0	-0.13	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	5	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Addictive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	3	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
ANS-Paralytic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ANS-Stimulant	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *