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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
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 24290.0 26560.0 1.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 430.0 3160.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MALATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Seed 700.0 1000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALONYLDAIDZIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYLDAIDZIN 1 Seed not available 2190.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYLGENISTIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYLGENISTIN 1 Seed not available 390.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONYLGLYCITIN 0 Seed not available 590.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE 2 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.
MANGANESE 14 Seed 8.0 60.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-ISOMERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4920.0 5380.0 0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE 1 Seed 0.5 50.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
METHYLGENISTEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 0.0 4.0 -0.03 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
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichorea 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 4 Duke, 1992 *