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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 18.0 22.0 0.55 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Sprout Seedling 2.9 48.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Leaf Diffusate 13.0 1.00 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 14430.0 15865.0 0.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHENYLALANINE 7 Sprout Seedling 1170.0 12290.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 3260.0 4500.0 -0.23 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Sprout Seedling 455.0 6560.0 0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS 0 Seed 1480.0 2322.0 0.82 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 230.0 253.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Sprout Seedling 150.0 1576.0 0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 12038.0 14170.0 0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Sprout Seedling 1256.0 18092.0 0.79 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROLINE 0 Seed 10950.0 12090.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Seed 234890.0 266541.0 0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Sprout Seedling 25740.0 368130.0 0.52 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Seed 3840.0 4222.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUFA 4 Sprout Seedling 580.0 6092.0 -0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCETIN 176 Sprout Seedling *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasodilator 11 *
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 *
Vulnerary 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).