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Plant Glycine max (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Soybean
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-CONGLYCIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CONGLYCININ 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-INDOLACETIC-ACID 0 Shoot 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.
BETA-NEOCAROTENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 300.0 900.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 Seed Coat not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 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.
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-C 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.
BIOTIN 4 Seed not available 750.0 2.84 Duke, 1992 *
BORNESITOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed 4.0 18.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
BOWMAN-BIRK-INHIBITOR 0 Seed 500.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BOWMAN-BIRK-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOIC-ACID-3-HEXENYL-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROSPERMOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *