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Plant 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Tuber 52200.0 296255.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Tuber 0.4 3.7 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Tuber 350.0 3225.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Tuber 230.0 2120.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Tuber 420.0 3870.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Tuber not available 891500.0 1.05 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
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *