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
DOPA	1	Seed	2400.0	48000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	7000.0	63000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	46000.0	95000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf Diffusate	not available	8.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	19075.0	40440.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	7200.0	15265.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	3275.0	6945.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	26.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ALKYLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	not available	200.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	7500.0	15900.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3440.0	3970.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	100000.0	1.99	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	11875.0	25175.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	715.0	30680.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	265.0	5800.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	9700.0	20564.0	1.15	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	1875.0	3975.0	-0.09	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
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisclerodermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	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.
Antisickling	1	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisprue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitourette	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiTourette's	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitumor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *