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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pueraria montana (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Kudzu; Kudsu
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
var. lobata
Subspecies Author
(WILLD.) MAESEN & S. M. ALMEIDA
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-D-PINITOL 0 Root *
(+)-L-LACTIC-ACID 0 Root *
(+)-MAGNESIUM-LACTATE 0 Root *
(+)-PINITOL 0 Root *
(-)-GLYCINOL 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-LINALOOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Stem 0.3 *
2-METHOXY-4-VINYL-PHENOL 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 80600.0 *
2-METHOXY-5-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 18300.0 *
3'-HYDROXY-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYLPUERARIN 0 Root *
3'-HYDROXYPUERARIN 0 Root *
3'-METHOXYDAIDZEIN 0 Root *
3'-METHOXYDAIDZIN 0 Root 25.0 *
3'-METHYLPUERARIN 0 Root *
3-(2-O-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-4-METHOXY-PHENYL)-4-(4-HYDROXY-BENZYL)-BUT-2-EN-4-OLIDE 0 Root *
3-HYDROXY-BETA-DAMASCONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 19400.0 *
3-HYDROXY-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 500.0 *
3-O-(RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-PENTOSYL(1,2)GLUCURONOPYRANOSYL)-SOPHORADIOL 0 Flower 54.0 *
4',7-DIHYDROXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
4'-METHOXYPUERARIN 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 Kohda, H., Tanaka, S., Yamaoka, Y., Yahara, S., Nohara, T., Tanimoto, T., Tanaka, A. 1989. Studies on Lens-Aldose-Reductase Inhibitor in Medicinal Plants.II Active Constituents of Monochasma savatierii FRANCH, et MAXIM. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(11):3153-3154
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Analgesic 4 Merck 11th Edition