Plant Pachyrhizus erosus (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Yambean

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
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYDOLINEONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYEROSENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYMUNDUSERONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYPACHYRRHIZONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12-ALPHA-HYDROXYROTENONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE	11	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Tuber	380.0	3500.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Tuber	720.0	6635.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	140.0	1845.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Tuber	5000.0	46080.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Tuber	3870.0	35670.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Tuber	150.0	1380.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Tuber	87500.0	806450.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Tuber	4.0	25.0	1.86	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Tuber	110.0	1015.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRONEOTENONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DL-NEOTENONE	0	Seed	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
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.