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
MUCUNADINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCUNAIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCUNINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	15.0	125.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-N-OXIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	17.0	34.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	735.0	11400.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	1365.0	33830.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	35.0	630.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYALANINE	0	Seed	7500.0	15900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	3200.0	4700.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	9225.0	19555.0	1.61	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	155000.0	331000.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
PRURIENIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRURIENINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.1	2.7	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Seed	not available	21000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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)