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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pachyrhizus erosus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Yambean
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed *
SUGARS 0 Tuber 52200.0 296255.0 *
THIAMIN 31 Tuber 0.4 3.7 -1.05 *
THREONINE 4 Tuber 350.0 3225.0 -0.71 *
TYROSINE 8 Tuber 230.0 2120.0 -0.72 *
VALINE 3 Tuber 420.0 3870.0 -0.79 *
WATER 0 Tuber 891500.0 1.05 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticoronary 3 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 4 *
Antidepressant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 6 *
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