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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
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed 5000.0 15000.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.6 5.0 0.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.7 13.0 3.63 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.5 15.0 0.22 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOSE-1,5-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Seed not available 1000.0 -1.61 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 0.0 not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPOGENOL-C 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 5600.0 56000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.0 2.6 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SEQUOYITOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 21150.0 23125.0 2.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 14850.0 32670.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 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.
SIMIARENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Morphine) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 8 Merck 11th Edition
Antiedemic 11 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiembolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th