Phaseolus lunatus L.

Fabaceae

Common Names:
Dambala, Dara-dambala (S)
Siragavarai (T)
Burma bean, Curry bean (E)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Fruit

Uses in traditional medicine :

Fruits are eaten to reduce blood sugar levels in diabetic patients and to reduce obesity

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Isoflavonoids: kievitone and its derivatives, isoferreirin from seedlings; peptide: lunatusin and lectins from seeds

Bioactivity :

Lectins from seed: agglutinate type A human red blood cells; lunatusin: antifungal

Clinical:

Note :

Young fruits are used as a vegetable

References :

Galbraith, W. and Goldstein, L. J., (1970), Phytohemagglutinins: a new class of metallo proteins isolation, purification, and some properties of the lectin from Phaseolus lunatus, Febs Letters, 9(4), 197-201.

Lawrence, J. C. and Nielsen, S. S., (2001), Partial isolation and character- ization of a cysteine proteinase inhibitor from Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), J Agric Food Chem, 49(2), 1020-5.

Neill, M. J. O. et al., (1986), Inducible isoflavonoids from the lima bean,Peiaseows lunatus, Phytochemistry, 25(6), 1315-1322.

Wong, J. H. and Ng, T. B., (2005), Lunatusin, a trypsin-stable antimicro- bial peptide from lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus L.), Peptides, 26(11), 2086-92.

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