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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
IODINE 12 Seed 0.0 0.0 -0.27 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 58.0 84.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Sprout Seedling 5.6 132.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 10080.0 11083.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Sprout Seedling 1320.0 13866.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-O-RHAAMNOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KIEVITONE 3 Leaf Diffusate not available 24.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3340.0 3815.0 -0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Sprout Seedling not available 3151.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Seed not available 1.6 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 18470.0 20308.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Sprout Seedling 1750.0 18382.0 -0.91 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3570.0 4890.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Sprout Seedling 420.0 4412.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1872.0 2160.0 -0.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LYSINE 4 Seed 16640.0 18296.0 0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Sprout Seedling 1666.0 17437.0 -1.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1777.0 2203.0 -0.29 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
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 6 Duke, 1992 *
VAM-Simulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
VAM-Stimulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.