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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vigna angularis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Adzuki Bean
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 12540.0 14487.0 0.17 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 8740.0 10097.0 -0.24 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 198700.0 229552.0 -0.04 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.8 3.0 -0.20 *
ROBININ 10 Leaf *
SERINE 1 Seed 9760.0 11275.0 0.13 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 50.0 58.0 -0.62 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 662.0 762.0 -0.55 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.4 6.6 0.00 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 6740.0 7787.0 -0.08 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 1910.0 2207.0 -0.38 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 5910.0 6828.0 -0.21 *
VALINE 3 Seed 10230.0 11818.0 -0.02 *
WATER 0 Seed 134400.0 -0.36 *
ZINC 77 Seed 50.0 58.0 0.37 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 7 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.