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Common Names
Cowage; Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food
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| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Pituitary-sensitizer | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proteolytic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respiraparalytic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Serotoninergic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |