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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
1-METHYL-3-CARBOXY-6,7-DIHYDROXY-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLONE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Seed *
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-N-OXIDE 0 Seed *
5-OXYINDOLE-3-ALKYLAMINE 0 Seed *
6-METHOXYHARMAN 0 Leaf *
ALANINE 3 Seed 5475.0 11600.0 0.31 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 65.0 1385.0 -0.52 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 12350.0 26180.0 0.07 *
ASH 0 Seed 30000.0 44000.0 -0.12 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 19850.0 42080.0 1.73 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 140.0 2265.0 -0.47 *
BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BUFOTENINE 10 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1320.0 1600.0 -0.47 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 529000.0 667000.0 0.57 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-CIS-ACID 0 Seed *
CIS-12,13-EPOXYOCTADEC-TRANS-9-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1400.0 2965.0 -0.13 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 *
Insecticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 2 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipotropic 3 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mydriatic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myorelaxant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 1 *
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *