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Plant 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
VITAMIN-B-6 0 Seed 3.0 6.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VITAMIN-D 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VITAMIN-E 75 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VITAMIN-E 75 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K 1 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VITEXIN 18 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2'-O-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit not available 692000.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Seed 83980.0 682000.0 1.74 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Sprout Seedling 815000.0 863000.0 0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XANTHINE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
XYLOGALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed 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.
XYLOSE 3 Seed 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.
ZINC 77 Seed 22.0 90.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Seed 0.8 2.4 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 4 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 10 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 18 Duke, 1992 *