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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
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf Diffusate *
GENISTEIN 81 Seed 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 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 7560.0 8734.0 -0.32 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5240.0 6054.0 -0.02 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 6.0 -0.79 *
IRON 6 Seed 50.0 58.0 -0.43 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 7910.0 9138.0 -0.17 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3290.0 3800.0 -0.83 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 16680.0 19270.0 0.21 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 14970.0 17294.0 0.70 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1270.0 1467.0 -0.58 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 17.0 20.0 -0.42 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2100.0 2426.0 -0.49 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 36.0 -0.21 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 331.0 381.0 -0.69 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 10520.0 12153.0 0.07 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3810.0 4402.0 -0.25 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 760.0 878.0 -0.41 *
PIPECOLIC-ACID 2 Seed 650.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherosclerotic 4 (View) *
Antiazotemic 1 (View) *
Antibackache 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 (View) *
AntiBPH 1 (View) *
Anticancer 3 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) *
Anticanker 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 (View) *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 (View) *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View) *
AntiCFS 2 (View) *
Anticheilitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 (View) Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.