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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
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
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 (View) *
Prolactinogenic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 (View) *
Propecic 2 (View) *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 (View) Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Roborant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Suppository 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 (View) Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer 2 (View) *