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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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GENISTEIN

Chemical ID
GENISTEIN
Ubiquitous
No

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Abortifacient 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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor IC50=35 uM *
Antiaggregant 1-10 ug/ml Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiangiogenic 150 uM *
Antiatherosclerotic Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Anticancer (Breast) IC50=2.6-6.7 ug/ml *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) IC50=?640 uM Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticlimacteric 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 *
Antifertility *
Antihemolytic *
Antiimplantation *
Antiinflammatory Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 179.1999.
Antiischemic Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukemic >50 ug/ml (185 uM) *
Antileukemic IC50=0.010 ug/ml Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene IC50=10-15 uM Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilymphomic *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Piptanthus nanus Shoot *
Piptanthus nepalensis Shoot *
Pisum sativum Seed 45.8 -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
Pisum sativum Shoot *
Podocarpus spicatus Wood *
Prunus aequinoctialis Wood *
Prunus avium Wood *
Prunus cerasus Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Prunus mahaleb Wood *
Prunus maximowiczii Wood *
Prunus nipponica Wood *
Prunus spp Wood Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prunus verecunda Wood *
Pseudeminia comosa Leaf Diffusate 4.0 -0.7 *
Pseudoeriosema borianii Leaf Diffusate 20.0 1.1 *
Pseudovigna argentea Leaf Diffusate 8.0 -0.3 *
Psoralea corylifolia Seed 1528.0 -0.3 *
Pterocarpus angolensis Wood *
Pueraria montana Leaf 316.9 -0.9 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
Pueraria montana Leaf Diffusate 3.0 -0.8 *