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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Astragalus membranaceus (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Huang-Chi; Huang Qi
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(3R)-(-)-7,2'-DIHYDROXY-3',4'-DIMETHYLISOFLAVAN7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYR... 0 Plant *
2',3'-DIHYDROXY-7,4'-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2'-HYDROXY-3',4'-DIMETHOXY-ISOFLAVONE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
3'-HYDROXYFORMONONETIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-O_BETA-DXYLOPYRANOSYL-25-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-CYCLOASTRAGENOL 0 Plant *
6AR,11AR-10-HYDROXY-3,9-DIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
7,3'-DIHYDROXY-9,10-DIMETHOXYPTEROCARPANE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
9,10-DIMETHOXYPTEROCARPAN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETYL-ASTRAGALOSIDE-I 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALANINE 3 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARGININE 14 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root *
ASH 0 Root 12800.0 80000.0 0.36 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ASTRAGALOSIDE-I 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ASTRAGALOSIDE-II 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ASTRAGALOSIDE-III 0 Root *
ASTRAGALOSIDE-IV 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ASTRAGALOSIDE-V 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 3 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetabolic 1 *
Antimetaplastic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic 4 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimigraine 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 2 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th