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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
Antidecubitic 6 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 9 Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant 12 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 10 Merck 11th Edition
Antidermatotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 19 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidipsomanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antidote 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Camphor) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Hydrazine) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th