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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
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Libidolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Lipase-Inhibitor 3 *
Lipolytic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lipotropic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 10 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 *
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lupus-Generating 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 4 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
Memorigenic 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.