Mucuna deeringiana Health effects and herbal facts

Known as

Bengal velvet-bean cowage velvet-bean Florida velvet-bean lacuna-bean Lyon-bean Mauritius velvet-bean velvet-bean Yokohama velvet-bean

Economic importance of Mucuna deeringiana

Bee plants	honey production honey production
Environmental	ornamental soil improver ornamental soil improver
Human food	pulse pulse
Animal food	forage forage
Medicines	source of L-dopa source of L-dopa

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Biological activities

Abortifacient	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiaggregant	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiangiogenic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiatherosclerotic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Anticlimacteric	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiendoccytotic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiestrogenic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antifertility	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antihemolytic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiimplantation	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiinflammatory	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiischemic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antileukemic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antileukotriene	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antilymphomic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antimelanomic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antimicrobial	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antimitogenic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antimutagenic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antineuroblastomic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiosteoporotic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antioxidant	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiproliferative	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiprostatadenomic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiprostatitic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antispasmodic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Antiviral	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Apoptotic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Aromatase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Calcium-Antagonist	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Cancer-Preventive	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Cardioprotective	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Cytotoxic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Estrogen-Agonist	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Estrogenic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Flatulent	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Fungistat	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Hypocholesterolemic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Immunostimulant	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Lipase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
MAO-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
MDR-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Natriuretic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
PTK-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Peroxidase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Pituitary-sensitizer	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Topoisomerase-II-Poison	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Trypanosomastat	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
Uterotrophic	Genistein found in Hypocotyl
VEGF-Inhibitor	Genistein found in Hypocotyl

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Chemicals detected

Chemical	Plant part	Low ppm	High ppm
2'-hydroxygenistein	Hypocotyl
Genistein	Hypocotyl

Reference: Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. [Online Database]