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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
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
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Ileorelaxant 2 *
Immunomodulator 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 7 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 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.