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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
ASH 0 Seed 17000.0 61000.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Sprout Seedling 8000.0 58000.0 -0.16 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARAGIC-ACID 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.
ASPARTATE-AMINO-TRANSFERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 45890.0 50175.0 2.45 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BACCHARA-12-21-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 1.0 90.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYLADENINE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYLADENINE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYLASE 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.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Sprout Seedling 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-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 4.1 13.4 -0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant not available 0.3 -0.73 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 11.3 0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Sprout Seedling 0.2 3.5 1.84 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 4 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 2 Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Quinone-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 2 Martindale's 29th
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Secretomotor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 6 Duke, 1992 *