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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Vigna subterranea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Bambarra Groundnut, Groundbean
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
ASH 0 Fruit 54000.0 -0.07 *
ASH 0 Plant 75000.0 -0.83 *
ASH 0 Seed 18000.0 42000.0 -0.18 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.42 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 100.0 945.0 -0.59 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 709000.0 -0.40 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 748000.0 0.49 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 300000.0 703000.0 0.71 *
FAT 0 Fruit 55000.0 -0.22 *
FAT 0 Plant 18000.0 -0.49 *
FAT 0 Seed 31000.0 92000.0 -0.91 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 142000.0 0.00 *
FIBER 15 Plant 31700.0 -1.41 *
FIBER 15 Seed 30000.0 70000.0 -0.51 *
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf Diffusate 6.0 -0.49 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN 0 Leaf Diffusate 20.0 0.74 *
IRON 6 Seed 12.0 136.0 -0.07 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 1520.0 4120.0 -0.58 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 18.0 20.0 -0.69 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2240.0 6042.0 0.18 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 (View) *
Antianemic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianorectic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.