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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 312.0 | 360.0 | -0.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.9 | 1.2 | -0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Sprout Seedling | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.05 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 130.0 | 150.0 | -0.57 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Sprout Seedling | 50.0 | 500.0 | -0.23 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BIOCHANIN-A | 32 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 1183.0 | 1602.0 | -0.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Sprout Seedling | 110.0 | 1571.0 | -0.48 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | 20.0 | 25.0 | -0.57 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Sprout Seedling | 10.0 | 100.0 | -1.00 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 626200.0 | 688510.0 | 0.66 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 59300.0 | 622899.0 | 0.25 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 819.0 | 945.0 | -1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | 120.0 | 278.0 | -0.17 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | 1670.0 | 1856.0 | 0.17 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 9.0 | 13.0 | -0.16 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| COPPER | 12 | Sprout Seedling | 1.0 | 23.0 | 1.37 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.52 | H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm. |
| COUMESTROL | 13 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 2 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasiticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Peroxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | 23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |