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Plant Vigna subterranea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Bambarra Groundnut; Groundbean
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antileukotriene 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimicrobial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuroblastomic 1 Duke, 1992 *