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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxytocic 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 9 *