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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.
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
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
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.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.