Common Names
Mescal Bean
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11-ALLYL-CYTISINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Seed | not available | 32000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 500.0 | 1900.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 731000.0 | 780000.0 | 1.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
CYTISINE | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Seed | 134000.0 | 252000.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Seed | 151000.0 | 311000.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
N-METHYL-CYTISINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | not available | 140.0 | -1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 1150.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 156000.0 | 224000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
SPARTEINE | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
UNANISOFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antiosteoporotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antioxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperiodontitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiPMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antispasmodic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antistress | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistroke | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitachycardic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antitumor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiulcer | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anxiolytic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Bradycardic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cancer-Preventive | 1 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Cardiodepressant | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
Cardioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |