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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Vigna radiata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Green Gram; Mungbean
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
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2100.0 2309.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Sprout Seedling 170.0 1786.0 -1.19 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYTIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DAIDZEIN 32 Plant *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.3 15.0 -0.46 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Sprout Seedling *
DALBERGIOIDIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 3.0 *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
DELPHINIDIN-3-(P-COUMARYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
DEMTHYLMEDICARPIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 1.0 *
FAT 0 Seed 10060.0 14234.0 -1.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Sprout Seedling 1350.0 23625.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Seed 44950.0 66495.0 -0.54 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Sprout Seedling 7200.0 94500.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLAVADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FOLACIN 15 Seed 5.8 7.3 1.94 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLACIN 15 Sprout Seedling 0.5 7.1 1.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed 1.4 1.6 -0.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 *
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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
Analgesic 7 *