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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MAGNESIUM 65 Sprout Seedling 176.0 2560.0 1.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Seed 9.6 12.2 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Sprout Seedling 1.4 25.0 0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANNOSE 3 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MATIRESINOL 0 Seed 0.0 -0.71 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.0 -0.53 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 2860.0 3145.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Sprout Seedling 340.0 3571.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 1610.0 1770.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Sprout Seedling 220.0 2311.0 -1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Sprout Seedling 0.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NARINGENIN 56 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 27.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Sprout Seedling 6.8 85.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Seed 3.5 -0.25 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 832.0 1770.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Sprout Seedling 220.0 2311.0 -1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2500.0 4215.0 -0.61 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Sprout Seedling 320.0 3361.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *