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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
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AB 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AG 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BA 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BA 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BB 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BB 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BEA 0 Hypocotyl not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BG 0 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 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.
SQUALENE 10 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Seed 22300.0 51050.0 2.04 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 10000.0 -1.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STARCH 5 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 4320.0 7785.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-6-DIONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTA-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spinoconvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 6 Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppurative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Sweetener 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.