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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
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
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 *