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Chemical GENISTEIN

Chemical ID
GENISTEIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Abortifacient not available Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor IC50=10 uM Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor IC50=35 uM Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1-10 ug/ml Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiangiogenic 150 uM Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic not available Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Anticancer (Breast) IC50=2.6-6.7 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) IC50=?640 uM Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticlimacteric not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antiendoccytotic 100 ug/ml Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiestrogenic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility not available Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory not available Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 179.1999.
Antiischemic not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukemic >50 ug/ml (185 uM) Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic IC50=0.010 ug/ml Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene IC50=10-15 uM Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilymphomic not available Duke, 1992 *
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Macrotyloma axillare Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Macrotyloma uniflora Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Medicago sativa Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Medicago sativa Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Medicago sativa Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Moghania macrophylla Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Mucuna deeringiana Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Mucuna pruriens Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Mucuna pruriens Leaf Diffusate not available 8.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Neonotonia wightii Leaf Diffusate not available 5.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Ononis spinosa Root 17.0 38.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Pericopsis laxiflora Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus coccineus Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus coccineus Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
Phaseolus lunatus Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus lunatus Leaf not available 2300.0 -0.6 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phaseolus lunatus Seed 0.0 40.1 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus spp Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Seed 17.7 45.1 -0.3 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12