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Plant 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 not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Leaf Diffusate not available 13.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCETIN 176 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienzymatic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiepileptic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th