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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 |