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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
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 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 angularis Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 *