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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostatitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscabies	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.