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Mucuna

Known as: Cowitch, Bean, Velvet, Cowitchs 
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE that is the source of mucuna gum.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2012
Review
2012
REVIEW ON "MUCUNA" - THE WONDER PLANT Review Article
Mucuna is an unconventional plant species having promising nutritional, pharmaceutical and cosmaceutical bioactive constituents… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
The mechanisms of phytotoxic action and selectivity of non-protein aromatic amino acids L-DOPA and m-tyrosine
Many non-protein aromatic amino acids have been found in plants. Among the amino acids, L-DOPA (L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine… 
2005
2005
Flutuações de temperatura e umidade do solo em resposta à cobertura vegetal
An experimental study was carried out to evaluate the fluctuations of temperature and soil moisture in response to vegetation… 
2003
2003
IN VITRO GAS PRODUCTION AND DIGESTIBILITY OF MUCUNA BEAN
In vitro gas production techniques simulate the rumen fermentation process and they have been used to evaluate the potential of… 
2003
2003
ON-FARM EXPERIMENTS WITH MAIZE-MUCUNA SYSTEMS IN THE LOS TUXTLAS REGION OF VERACRUZ, MEXICO. I. MUCUNA BIOMASS AND MAIZE GRAIN YIELD
Maize (Zea mays)-mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) systems have been promoted to the smallholder farmers of the Los Tuxtlas region of… 
2002
2002
Eficiencia de abonos verdes (crotalaria y mucuna) y urea,aplicados solos o juntamente, como fuentes de n para elcultivo de arroz
Resumen es: Se efectuaron ensayos en dos localidades (Pindorama y Votuporanga, SP, Brasil, suelos Podzolico rojo y Latosol rojo… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Thermotolerance of leaf discs from four isoprene-emitting species is not enhanced by exposure to exogenous isoprene
The effects of exogenously supplied isoprene on chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics were examined in leaf discs of four… 
1997
1997
Control of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) on tomato with molasses and other organic amendments
In two pot experiments in which molasses (10 g molasses/L water) was drenched regularly onto field soils infested with root-knot… 
1989
1989
Kinetic aspects of the bioconversion of L‐tyrosine into L‐DOPA by cells of Mucuna pruriensL. Entrapped in different matrices
Plant cells of Mucuna pruriens L. entrapped In calcium alginate, calcium pectinate, agarose, or gelatine were able to convert L… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Acetylene Reduction Activity in Free-Living Cultures of Rhizobia
A survey of 272 free-living rhizobia strains showed that a majority of the Rhizobium japonicum and unclassified Rhizobium… 
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