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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
DAMASCENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 19700.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-O-METHYLDAIDZEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIADZIN 0 Stem not available 5.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 3185.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Shoot 16000.0 35000.0 -0.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Root 7000.0 22300.0 -1.46 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Shoot 171000.0 275000.0 1.08 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Stem not available 462000.0 1.14 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FLAVONES 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Root not available 6.6 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root 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
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretroviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitachycardic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic 1 Duke, 1992 *