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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
FERULIC-ACID 61 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 14000.0 45000.0 -0.91 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Plant 281000.0 355000.0 0.98 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 19000.0 63000.0 -0.57 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Sprout Seedling 7000.0 58000.0 -0.80 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FICAPRENOL-10 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FICAPRENOL-11 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FICAPRENOL-12 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FISETIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAZIN 0 Seed not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed not available 0.1 -1.74 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.3 4.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FORMIC-ACID 13 Root 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.
FORMOMONETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 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.
GALACT0PINITOL-A 0 Seed 1520.0 4280.0 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
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 *