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Plant Vigna radiata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Green Gram; Mungbean
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
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DAIDZEIN 32 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed 0.3 15.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DALBERGIOIDIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-(P-COUMARYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMTHYLMEDICARPIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antipolyp 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).