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
MAGNESIUM	65	Tuber	160.0	1475.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Tuber	130.0	1200.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Tuber	3.0	28.0	-1.56	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PACHYRHIZINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PACHYRHIZONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PACHYSAPOGENIN-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PACHYSAPOGENIN-B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Tuber	320.0	2950.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Tuber	180.0	1660.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Tuber	1750.0	16130.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Tuber	470.0	4330.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Tuber	14000.0	129030.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Tuber	0.3	2.8	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ROTENONE	13	Seed	1000.0	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Tuber	470.0	4330.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Tuber	60.0	555.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Tuber	97200.0	551645.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticoronary	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th