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Plant Vigna radiata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Green Gram; Mungbean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ADENOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ADENOSINE-DIPHOSPHATE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ADENOSINE-DIPHOSPHATE-D-RIBOSE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ADENOSINE-TRIPHOSPHATE 4 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALANINE 3 Seed 10500.0 11545.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE 3 Sprout Seedling 990.0 10399.0 -0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 270.0 297.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Sprout Seedling 160.0 1681.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 117.0 135.0 -0.64 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Seed 16720.0 18383.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Sprout Seedling 1970.0 20693.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.1 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 48.0 53.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Sprout Seedling 113.0 1506.0 0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIGEN 0 Seed 24.0 26.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Seed 32210.0 37609.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Sprout Seedling 3750.0 53025.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARAGINE 2 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 27560.0 30302.0 0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Sprout Seedling 4790.0 50315.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *