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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
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA.
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.