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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Glycine max (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Soybean
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TYROSINE 8 Seed 13800.0 15090.0 1.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Shoot *
UDP-GLUCOSE 0 Tissue Culture *
UDP-XYLOSE 0 Tissue Culture *
UNDYLIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UREASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
URICASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
UROPORPHYRIN 0 Tissue Culture *
VALINE 3 Seed 18210.0 19910.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root 1.0 4.0 -1.39 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed *
VERBACOSE 0 Seed 280.0 410.0 *
VERBASCOSE 1 Seed 3000.0 -2.17 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 3.0 6.0 0.48 *
VIT-D 0 Seed *
VIT-E 0 Seed *
VIT-K 0 Seed *
VITAMIN-A 0 Leaf *
VITAMIN-B-2 0 Tissue Culture *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cerebroprotective 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 8 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 12 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 2 *
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Martindale's 29th
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coagulant 2 Martindale's 29th
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Merck 11th Edition