Plant Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cowage; Velvetbean

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiendotoxic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiepileptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antifumitory	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antigastric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastrisecretogogic	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antigastritic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th