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Table 2 Biological activities and compounds of mung beans

From: A review of phytochemistry, metabolite changes, and medicinal uses of the common food mung bean and its sprouts (Vigna radiata)

Biological activities

Biological compounds

Antioxidant effects

Proteins, polypeptides, polysaccharides, polyphenols

Antimicrobial activity

Enzymes, peptides, polyphenols

Anti-inflammatory activity

Polyphenols

Antidiabetic effects

Polyphenols

Lipid metabolism accommodation

Phytosterol

Antihypertensive effects

Proteins, amino acids

Antitumor effects

Polyphenols, mung bean trypsin inhibitor fragments

Antisepsis effects

Polyphenols, aqueous extracts from mung bean coat