Plant Vigna mungo (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Gram

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALLANTOIN	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOINASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.2	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	22.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Sprout Seedling	not available	426.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	122000.0	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	126000.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	32000.0	36000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	837.0	2325.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.2	0.5	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	not available	27100.0	5.36	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	17400.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	1100.0	2220.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	not available	765000.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	not available	757000.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	594000.0	660000.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE	0	Sprout Seedling	12.0	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CELLOBIOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	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
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisclerodermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispasmodic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisprue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *