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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 182000.0 0.97 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 159000.0 -0.12 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 78000.0 213000.0 -0.18 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.4 1.6 -0.74 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.8 5.2 -0.33 *
WATER 0 Seed 101000.0 573000.0 1.33 *
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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 *
Allergenic 2 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Antiacne 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *
Antiaggregant 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiaging 1 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 *
Antiallergic 2 *
Antialzheimeran 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 *
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antianorectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.