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Plant Vigna angularis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Adzuki Bean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Seed not available 21.2 -0.30 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 30990.0 35802.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 7560.0 8734.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5240.0 6054.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 50.0 58.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 7910.0 9138.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3290.0 3800.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 16680.0 19270.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 14970.0 17294.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1270.0 1467.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 17.0 20.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2100.0 2426.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 36.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 331.0 381.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 10520.0 12153.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3810.0 4402.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 760.0 878.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 650.0 -1.00 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th