An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Cowage; Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teratogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 2 | Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Poison | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trypanosomastat | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoactive | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Vasoconstrictor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229 |