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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimutagenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutilation | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuroblastomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 10 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Antioxidant Synergist | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antipellagric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |