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
DOLICHONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EROSENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EROSNIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EROSONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	200000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Tuber	2000.0	18435.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Tuber	6400.0	64515.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Tuber	820.0	7560.0	-1.60	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Tuber	310.0	2855.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Tuber	370.0	3410.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Tuber	6.0	55.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
ISOELLIPTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Tuber	310.0	2855.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Tuber	410.0	3780.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Tuber	480.0	4425.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Tuber	510.0	4700.0	-0.71	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.