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

Common Names
Soybean
How this plant is used
Food

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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-D-ONONITOL 0 Leaf *
(+)-PINITOL 0 Seed *
(+)-PINITOL 0 Stem *
(6AR,11AR)-3-6(A)-9-TRIHYDROXYPTEROCARPAN 0 Cotyledon *
1-DODECENE 0 Plant *
1-HEXANOL 0 Plant *
1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Sprout Seedling *
1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Sprout Seedling *
1-O-PARA-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Sprout Seedling *
2,2-DIMETHYL-2-(H)-6-(H)-BENZOFURO-(3-2-C)-PYRANO-(2-3-H)-(1)-BENZOPYRAN-6-(A)-9-(11-A-H)-DIOL 0 Sprout Seedling *
2,2-DIMETHYL-HEXANAL 0 Leaf *
2,4-HEXADIEN-1-OL 0 Plant *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf *
2-HEXENAL 0 Plant *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL 5 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL 0 Seed *
3,3-DI-METHYL-3-(H)-7-(H)-BENZOFURO-(3-2-C)-PYRANO-(3-2-9)-(1)-BENZOPYRAN-7-(A)-10-(12-A-H)-DIOL 0 Sprout Seedling *
3,5,5,TRIMETHYL-2-HEXENE 0 Seed *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 4 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 (View) *