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
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)