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Plant Vigna radiata (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Green Gram; Mungbean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ADENOSINE-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.
ADENOSINE-DIPHOSPHATE 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.
ADENOSINE-DIPHOSPHATE-D-RIBOSE 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.
ADENOSINE-TRIPHOSPHATE 4 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.
ALANINE 3 Seed 10500.0 11545.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE 3 Sprout Seedling 990.0 10399.0 -0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 270.0 297.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Sprout Seedling 160.0 1681.0 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 117.0 135.0 -0.64 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Seed 16720.0 18383.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Sprout Seedling 1970.0 20693.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.1 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 48.0 53.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Sprout Seedling 113.0 1506.0 0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIGEN 0 Seed 24.0 26.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Seed 32210.0 37609.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Sprout Seedling 3750.0 53025.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARAGINE 2 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.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 27560.0 30302.0 0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Sprout Seedling 4790.0 50315.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 4 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.