Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Vigna angularis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Adzuki 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
ALANINE 3 Seed 11600.0 13401.0 0.69 *
ALPHA-GLOBULIN 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Seed 12840.0 14834.0 -0.42 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed *
ASH 0 Seed 32600.0 37622.0 -0.31 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 23550.0 27207.0 0.41 *
AZUKISAPOGENOL 0 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.1 0.9 -0.37 *
BETA-GLOBULIN 0 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 660.0 762.0 -0.62 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 629000.0 726664.0 0.81 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID 0 Seed 265.0 305.0 -1.00 *
COPPER 12 Seed 11.0 13.0 -0.16 *
CUORIN 0 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1840.0 2126.0 -0.71 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 4.6 -0.52 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
DELPHINIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Seed 5300.0 6123.0 -1.37 *
FIBER 15 Seed 36290.0 79591.0 -0.44 *
GAMMA-L-GLUTAMYL-L-BETA-PHENYL-BETA-ALANINE 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 (View) 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 (View) J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 (View) *
Interferonogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Laxative 3 (View) *
Leptingenic 1 (View) 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
Lipase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Lipotropic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Lithogenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 (View) *
Lubricant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 (View) Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th