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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cowage; Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food
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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
SERINE 1 Seed 7650.0 16220.0 1.08 *
SEROTONIN 26 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 390.0 12475.0 -0.29 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.4 5.7 -0.21 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 6250.0 13250.0 1.14 *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Seed *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7975.0 16907.0 2.12 *
VALINE 3 Seed 8600.0 18232.0 0.77 *
VERNOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
WATER 0 Seed 71000.0 114000.0 -0.44 *
WATER 0 Cr 91000.0 114000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacrodynic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antialopecic 3 *
Antialzheimeran 4 *
Antialzheimeran? 2 *
Antiamblyopic 1 *
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 *