Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi |
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Botanical Name |
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Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi |
English
Name |
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Adzuki bean, Azuki bean, Adanka bean |
Synonym(s) |
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Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W.F. Wight |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect herb; rarely shows a twining form. Leaves are trifoliate. Flower color is pale yellow. Seed color is diverse, ranging from red, white, black, gray seed mottled with black to white seed mottled with red. |
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Galactogogue (bean) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Arginine, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, beta-carotene, cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, niacin, palmitic acid, phenylalanine, pipecolic acid, proline, riboflavin, serine, stearic acid, stigmasterol, thiamin, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine (seed); genistein (leaf diffusate); robinin (leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Aspartic acid |
6899-03-2 |
2-aminobutanedioic
acid |
C4H7NO4 |
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| Beta-carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Cystine |
24645-67-8 |
2-amino-3-(2-amino-2
-carboxy-ethyl)disul
fanyl-propanoic acid |
C6H12N2O4S2 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Histidine |
6027-02-7 |
2-amino-3-(3H-imidaz
ol-4-yl)propanoic
acid |
C6H9N3O2 |
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| Isoleucine |
319-78-8 |
2-amino-3-methyl-pen
tanoic acid |
C6H13NO2 |
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| Leucine |
2439-37-4 |
2-dimethylamino-4-me
thyl-pentanoic acid |
C8H17NO2 |
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| Lysine |
923-27-3 |
2,6-diaminohexanoic
acid |
C6H14N2O2 |
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| Methionine |
348-67-4 |
2-amino-4-methylsulf
anyl-butanoic acid |
C5H11NO2S |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
Pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Palmitic acid |
66321-94-6 |
Hexadecanoic acid |
C16H32O2 |
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| Phenylalanine |
3617-44-5 |
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro
panoic acid |
C9H11NO2 |
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| Pipecolic acid |
69470-51-5 |
piperidine-2-carboxy
lic acid |
C6H11NO2 |
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| Proline |
344-25-2 |
pyrrolidine-2-carbox
ylic acid |
C5H9NO2 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Serine |
6898-95-9 |
2-amino-3-hydroxy-pr
opanoic acid |
C3H7NO3 |
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| Stearic acid |
82497-27-6 |
octadecanoic acid |
C18H36O2 |
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| Stigmasterol |
4736-55-4 |
17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hex-2-enyl)-10,
13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,
6,7,8,9,10
,11,12,1
3,14,15,16,17-hexade
cahydrocyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-one |
C29H48O |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Threonine |
632-20-2 |
2-amino-3-hydroxy-bu
tanoic acid |
C4H9NO3 |
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| Tryptophan |
80206-30-0 |
2-amino-3-(1H-indol-
3-yl)propanoic acid |
C11H12N2O2 |
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| Valine |
7004-03-7 |
2-amino-3-methyl-but
anoic acid |
C5H11NO2 |
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| Genistein |
446-72-0 |
4,5-dihydroxy-3-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-chrome
n-7-one |
C15H10O5 |
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| Robinin |
81992-85-0 |
5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydro
xyphenyl)-7-(3,4,5-t
rihydroxy-6-methyl-o
xan-2-yl)o
xy-3-[3,
4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3
,4,5-trihydroxy-6-me
thyl-oxan-2-yl)oxyme
th
yl]oxan-2-yl]oxy
-chromen-4-one |
C33H40O19 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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The beans are used to treat diseases like kidney trouble, constipation, abcesses, certain tumors, threatened miscarriage and retained placenta. The leaves are said to lower fever and the sprouts treat threatened abortion caused by injury. |
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