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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 7650.0 | 16220.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEROTONIN | 26 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 390.0 | 12475.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 1.4 | 5.7 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 6250.0 | 13250.0 | 1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 7975.0 | 16907.0 | 2.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 8600.0 | 18232.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERNOLIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 71000.0 | 114000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Cr | 91000.0 | 114000.0 | 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 |