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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.
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
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Seed not available 8.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
EDI-PRO-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOST-4-EN-3,6-DIONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOST-4-EN-3-6-DION 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOST-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 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.
ERUCIC-ACID 2 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.
ERYTHRO-NEOPTERIN 0 Seed not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Seed not available 0.5 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLVINYLKETONE 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.
EUPHOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 51000.0 160000.0 0.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Plant 25000.0 62000.0 0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 45000.0 218000.0 -0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Sprout Seedling 14000.0 102000.0 2.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant 1.0 4.0 -1.39 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed 1.0 4.0 -0.43 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
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprogesterone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antipsoriac 6 Martindale's 28th
Antipsoriatic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *