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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
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AB 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AG 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BA 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BA 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BB 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BB 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BEA 0 Hypocotyl not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BG 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 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.
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed 22300.0 51050.0 2.04 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 10000.0 -1.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STARCH 5 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 4320.0 7785.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-6-DIONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTA-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE 0 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
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 5 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 18 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 11 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.