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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
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 Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.2 -0.26 *
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 0.0 -0.52 H. Adlercreutz, pers. comm.
COUMESTROL 13 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic 1 *
Teratologic 2 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 7 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 7 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.