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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.27 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 58.0 84.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Sprout Seedling 5.6 132.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 10080.0 11083.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Sprout Seedling 1320.0 13866.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Sprout Seedling *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Sprout Seedling *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-RHAAMNOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling *
KIEVITONE 3 Leaf Diffusate 24.0 -1.00 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3340.0 3815.0 -0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Sprout Seedling 3151.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Seed 1.6 -0.25 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 18470.0 20308.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Sprout Seedling 1750.0 18382.0 -0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3570.0 4890.0 -0.88 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Sprout Seedling 420.0 4412.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1872.0 2160.0 -0.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LYSINE 4 Seed 16640.0 18296.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Sprout Seedling 1666.0 17437.0 -1.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1777.0 2203.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cancer-Preventive 34 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillarigenic 1 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 7 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chemopreventive 5 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Choleretic 6 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.