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Chemical GENISTEIN

Chemical ID
GENISTEIN
Ubiquitous
No

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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
Trigonella foenum-graecum Seed not available 10.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Ulex micranthus Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Ulex sp Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Vandasina retusa Leaf Diffusate not available 7.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Vicia faba Seed 0.0 19.9 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Vigna angularis Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Vigna angularis Seed not available 21.2 -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
Vigna radiata Seed 2.0 21.8 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Vigna radiata Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
Vigna subterranea Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata Seed 0.0 23.3 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *