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
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 *

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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.