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Plant Vigna aconitifolia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Mat Bean; Moth Bean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
FAT 0 Plant not available 19000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 6000.0 24520.0 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit not available 194000.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 268000.0 1.32 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 197000.0 268000.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 35150.0 53000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID-DEHYDROXYLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 7710.0 8536.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 88.0 143.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 11380.0 12600.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3430.0 3798.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 15410.0 17062.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 4850.0 5370.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 12480.0 13818.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 2250.0 4962.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 18.0 20.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2200.0 2436.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Seed 1290.0 1428.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 28.0 31.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1290.0 1428.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *