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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	16	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	3	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrophilic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholinergic	3	Martindale's 28th
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Active	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Coagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)