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
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 *

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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
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimicrobial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antimorphinistic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.