Plant Vigna aconitifolia (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mat Bean; Moth Bean

How this plant is used

Food

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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 *

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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
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Essential	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	5	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th