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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
FORMONONETIN 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUCOSE 0 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.
GALACTOSE 1 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.
GENISTEIN 81 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
GENISTEIN 81 Seed 2.0 21.8 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 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.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 42640.0 46883.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Sprout Seedling 1610.0 16912.0 -1.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTATHIONE 7 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.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 9540.0 10489.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Sprout Seedling 930.0 6618.0 -1.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GUANOSINE-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.
HEMICELLULOSE 0 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.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 6950.0 7642.0 0.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Sprout Seedling 700.0 7353.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HOMOGLUTATHIONE 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.
HYDROXYGENISTEIN 0 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYLAMINE 0 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IMIDAZOLEACRYLIC-ACID 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.
INOSITOL 8 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Aphidifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *