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Common Names
Green Gram; Mungbean
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINIC-ACID | 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. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 8000.0 | 0.40 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RHAMNOSE | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 2.1 | 2.8 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Sprout Seedling | 1.0 | 15.0 | 0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOSE | 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. |
| ROBININ | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| ROBININ | 10 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Seed | 500.0 | 6000.0 | -0.42 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SECOISOLARICIRESINOL | 3 | Seed | not available | 8.0 | 1.41 | H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm. |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 11760.0 | 12930.0 | 0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SERINE | 1 | Sprout Seedling | 330.0 | 3466.0 | -1.26 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 3480.0 | 3826.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SFA | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 460.0 | 4831.0 | 0.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | 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. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 129.0 | 311.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Sprout Seedling | 45.0 | 782.0 | -0.04 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | 25000.0 | 0.20 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 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. |