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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
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor not available Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic not available Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor not available Duke, 1992 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide not available Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin not available Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
PTK-Inhibitor 10-100 uM Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer IC50=4.6 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor IC50=250 ppm Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1-10 ug/ml Okura, A., Arakawa, H., Oka, H., Yoshinari, T., Monden, Y. 1988. Effect of Genistein on Topoisomerase Activity and on the Growth of [VAL 12]HA-RAS-Transformed NIH 3T3 Cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 157: 183-189.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor IC50=1-150 uM Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2-7.5 ug/ml Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor IC50=30 ug/ml Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 20 uM Markovits, J., et al. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Genistein on Mammalian DNA Topoisomerase II. Cancer Research, 49: 5111-5117.
Topoisomerase-II-Poison not available Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Trypanosomastat not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor not available Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic EC50=0.1-25 uM/l Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic ED50=0.5 mg/kg 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
Pueraria montana Leaf Diffusate not available 3.0 -0.8 Duke, 1992 *
Pueraria montana Leaf not available 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 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Pueraria montana Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Pueraria montana Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Pueraria phaseoloides Leaf Diffusate not available 9.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Rhynchosia acuminatifolia Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia cabibaea Leaf Diffusate not available 5.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia densiflora Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia hirsuta Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia minima Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia phaseoloides Leaf Diffusate not available 6.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia pyramidalis Leaf Diffusate not available 10.0 0.0 Duke, 1992 *
Rhynchosia volubilis Leaf Diffusate not available 5.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Sophora japonica Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Sophora subprostrata Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Spartium junceum Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Stauracanthus boivinii Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Stauracanthus genistoides Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *