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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cowage; Velvetbean
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
SEROTONIN 26 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 390.0 12475.0 -0.29 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.4 5.7 -0.21 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 6250.0 13250.0 1.14 *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Seed *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7975.0 16907.0 2.12 *
VALINE 3 Seed 8600.0 18232.0 0.77 *
VERNOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
WATER 0 Seed 71000.0 114000.0 -0.44 *
WATER 0 Cr 91000.0 114000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatomic 1 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic 3 *
Antihistaminic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 5 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)