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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
FAT 0 Plant 19000.0 -0.48 *
FAT 0 Seed 6000.0 24520.0 -1.27 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 194000.0 0.49 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 268000.0 1.32 *
FIBER 15 Plant 197000.0 268000.0 0.33 *
FIBER 15 Seed 35150.0 53000.0 -0.65 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID-DEHYDROXYLASE 0 Plant *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 7710.0 8536.0 0.64 *
IRON 6 Seed 88.0 143.0 -0.04 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 11380.0 12600.0 0.27 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3430.0 3798.0 -0.83 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 15410.0 17062.0 0.00 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 4850.0 5370.0 -0.87 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 12480.0 13818.0 0.23 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 2250.0 4962.0 0.80 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 18.0 20.0 -0.42 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2200.0 2436.0 -0.49 *
MUFA 13 Seed 1290.0 1428.0 -0.78 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 28.0 31.0 -0.36 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1290.0 1428.0 -0.97 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 6 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).