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Lablab purpureus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 10 constituent measurements and 1 adverse-effect record for Lablab purpureus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

10Constituent measurements

1Safety records

5Cited sources

150Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Dolichos lablab L.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 150 licensed products naming Lablab purpureus as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
Fresh

Source material stated

Bulb
Flower
New material
Ripe seed (fried)
Seed
Seed (Stir-baked)
Seed (dry-fried)
Seed (fried)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Effect types

Target tissues

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Lectins	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Phenolic compounds	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	10.1 Gram/kilogram	—	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	—	≥ 8.5 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Seed	—	≤ 10.1 Milligram/gram	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)	Leaves	Drying (dehydration)	7.3 Gram/kilogram	—	Resolve DOI
Steroidal saponins	Seed	Drying (dehydration)	—	Mass Spectroscopy and hyphenated methods without chromatography	Resolve DOI
Trypsin inhibitors	Seed	—	≥ 14 Unit	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Trypsin inhibitors	Seed	Solvent extraction	—	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Trypsin inhibitors	Seed	—	≤ 27 Unit	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Trypsin inhibitors	Seed	Solvent extraction	300 Unit	Gel electrophoresis	Resolve DOI

Recorded adverse effects

Adverse effects reported in the source literature, most often in animal or laboratory models at a stated preparation and dose.

Effect	Target tissue	Plant part	Preparation	Test organism	Test type	Source
Systemic	Digestive	Seed	—	Rat (as animal)	Other	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Melaku, S., Peters, KJ., Tegegne, A. Supplementation of Menz ewes with dried leaves of Lablab purpureus or graded levels of Leucaena pallida 14203 and Sesbania sesban 1198: effects on feed intake, live weight gain and estrous cycle. ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2004, vol. 113, no. 1-4, p. 39-51. DOI
Laurena, Antonio C., Revilleza, Ma. Jamela R., Mendona, Evelyn Mae T. Polyphenols, Phytate, Cyanogenic Glycosides, and Trypsin Inhibitor Activity of Several Philippine Indigenous Food Legumes. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 1994, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 194-202. DOI
Ha, Tae Joung., Lee, Byong Won., Park, Ki Hun., Jeong, Seong Hun., Kim, Hyun-Tae., Ko, Jong-Min., Baek, In-Youl., Lee, Jin Hwan. Rapid characterisation and comparison of saponin profiles in the seeds of Korean Leguminous species using ultra performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detector and electrospray ionisation/mass spectrometry (UPLC-PDA-ESI/MS) analysis. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 2014, vol. 146, p. 270-277. DOI
Ramamani, S., Subramanian, N., Parpia, H.A.B. Toxic and antigrowth effects of raw and processed field bean (Dolichos lablab) on albino rats. Journal of Biosciences, 1979, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 241-253. DOI
Ignacimuthu, S., Janarthanan, S., Balachandran, B. Chemical basis of resistance in pulses to Callasobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera : Bruchidae) . Journal of stored products research, 2000, vol. 36, no. 1, p. 89-99. DOI

Boundary

A constituent measurement is a fact about material at a stated preparation, not a statement about what that material does in a person. An adverse-effect or genotoxicity record is an observation reported in a source, most often in an animal or laboratory model. Neither is a Metatron Health conclusion about causality, human risk or benefit, and the absence of a record is not proof that a preparation is safe. Nothing here is diagnosis, prescribing or individual medical care.

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