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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
5-METHYLHYDANTOIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-D-XYLOSYLPUERATIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYL-GENISTEIN-8-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Root not available 8550.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Stem not available 103.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 470.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Root not available 630.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Stem not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 194.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLPUERARIN 0 Root not available 1625.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLPUERARIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-GERANYL-7,4'-DIHYDROXYCOUMESTAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-C-GLUCOSYLGENISTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLDAIDZEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLDIADZEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLGENISTEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 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
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitoxin (Strychnine) 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antitumor 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 6 Duke, 1992 *