Plant Vigna subterranea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bambarra Groundnut; Groundbean

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	54000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	75000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	18000.0	42000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	100.0	945.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	not available	709000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	not available	748000.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	300000.0	703000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	55000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	not available	18000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	31000.0	92000.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	not available	142000.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	not available	31700.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	30000.0	70000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf Diffusate	not available	6.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYGENISTEIN	0	Leaf Diffusate	not available	20.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	12.0	136.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	1520.0	4120.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	18.0	20.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2240.0	6042.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Abortifacient	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.