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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vigna aconitifolia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Mat Bean; Moth Bean
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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 3130.0 3465.0 -0.63 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 10280.0 11382.0 -0.02 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2500.0 -0.22 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1800.0 -0.58 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 1800.0 5400.0 0.87 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2300.0 5418.0 0.02 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS 0 Seed 575.0 645.0 -1.68 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 10965.0 14230.0 0.15 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 96000.0 -0.18 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 106000.0 -1.06 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 106000.0 155000.0 -0.15 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 227280.0 296000.0 0.55 *
PUFA 4 Seed 7500.0 8304.0 -0.74 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.9 1.0 -0.97 *
SFA 0 Seed 3640.0 4030.0 -0.54 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 295.0 332.0 -0.19 *
STARCH 5 Seed 266000.0 -0.18 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 510.0 565.0 -0.55 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 1800.0 2018.0 -0.29 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 5.6 6.2 -0.09 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 10 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 2 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th