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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 2650.0 2934.0 -0.27 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 20.0 44.0 -0.31 *
ASH 0 Fruit 144000.0 2.26 *
ASH 0 Leaf 138000.0 0.34 *
ASH 0 Plant 126000.0 138000.0 0.31 *
ASH 0 Seed 35000.0 56000.0 0.24 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.2 -0.42 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 20100.0 3.75 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 23400.0 0.34 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 23400.0 23700.0 1.08 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1360.0 3500.0 -0.12 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 731000.0 -0.28 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 738000.0 1.00 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 700000.0 737000.0 0.42 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 615200.0 681134.0 0.63 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 90.0 101.0 -0.53 *
COPPER 12 Seed 5.0 9.0 -0.53 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1170.0 1295.0 -1.29 *
FAT 0 Fruit 29000.0 -0.42 *
FAT 0 Leaf 19000.0 -0.75 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 10 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Laxative 4 *
Leptingenic 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
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition