Chronic non-communicable diseases are becoming more and more recurrent and require the
addition of functional foods in our eating habits. Legumes due to their composition in biomolecules
could meet this need. Much used in Chinese medicine, the mung bean arouses interest in Burkina
Faso. The objective of this study is to perform phytochemical profiling and to evaluate certain
biological properties of the mung bean in its natural or germinated state. Qualitative phytochemical
screening was carried out by precipitation and differential staining tests. The antimicrobial activity
was tested on in vitro growth by the agar medium diffusion method. DPPH and FRAP methods were
used to assess antioxidant activity. The antidiabetic activity of hydroethanolic extracts was evaluated
on rats rendered diabetic by streptozotocin, with metformin as a reference molecule. Phytochemistry
has revealed the presence of phenolic compounds and derivatives in the mung bean, whether in its
natural state (MBN) or in its germinated state (MBG). Only the MBG exhibits antimicrobial activity on
70% of the strains used. It appears that the MBG has a reducing power of the DPPH radical with an
IC50 of 28 mg/mL compared to the same extract of the MBN, which had an IC50 of 32.5 mg/mL with
a difference (p