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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 4 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Antidandruff 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 *