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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.
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
TECTORIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-(BUT-CIS-2-ENYLIDENE)-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 230.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-4-(BUT-TRANS-2-ENYLIDENE)-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TUBEROSIN 5 Leaf Diffusate not available 106.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TUBEROSIN 5 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 686000.0 -0.54 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WIGHTEONE 2 Leaf Diffusate not available not available not available 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
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaddictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.