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Plant Pueraria montana (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Kudzu; Kudsu
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
var. lobata
Subspecies Author
(WILLD.) MAESEN & S. M. ALMEIDA
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
KUDZUSAPONIN-A-1 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-A-2 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-A-3 0 Root not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-A-4 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-A-5 0 Root not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-C-1 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-SA-1 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-SA-2 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-SA-3 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-SA-4 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPONIN-SB-1 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUZUBUTENOLIDE-A 0 Root not available 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPENONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPIWIGHTEONE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 800.0 850.0 -0.92 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-ACYL-N-1-GLUCOSYLTRYPTOPHAN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN 0 Leaf not available 350.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Merck 11th Edition