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Common Names
Cowage; Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenovirus | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194. |
| Antiaggregant | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergenic | 1 | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| Antiallergic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamebic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |