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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
SOYASAPONIN-BETA-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-BETA-G 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-C 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.
SOYASAPONIN-D 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.
SOYASAPONIN-E 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.
SOYASAPONIN-GAMMA-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-GAMMA-G 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Cotyledon 300.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Hypocotyl 5000.0 19000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Leaf 1500.0 11100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Pericarp 100.0 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root 600.0 3300.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed 139.0 1200.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed Coat not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Shoot not available 13000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Stem 300.0 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-II 0 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-II 0 Embryo not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-II 0 Seed 47.0 150.0 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
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 10 Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 3 Merck 11th Edition
Progesteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.