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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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 710.0 1170.0 -0.54 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Sprout Seedling 80.0 840.0 0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 80.0 230.0 -0.24 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Sprout Seedling 90.0 900.0 0.86 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE 14 Seed 18000.0 -0.44 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SULFUR 14 Seed 1880.0 2378.0 -0.09 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 5.4 7.7 0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THIAMIN 31 Sprout Seedling 0.7 10.3 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 7820.0 8598.0 0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Sprout Seedling 780.0 8192.0 -0.99 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2600.0 2859.0 -0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Sprout Seedling 370.0 3886.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7140.0 7850.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Sprout Seedling 520.0 5462.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URIDINE-DIPHOSPHATE-N-ACETYL-GLUCOSAMINE 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
UROCANIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 3 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 9 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Herbicide-Safener 2 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 20 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 8 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 4 *
Hypotensive 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *