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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
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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
CIS-4-(BUT-TRANS-2-ENYLIDENE)-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARINS 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COUMESTROL 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Stem not available 76.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Leaf not available 949.8 1.00 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
DAIDZEIN 32 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Root not available 1800.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Stem not available 510.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN-4',7'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN-4,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN-4,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN-7-O-METHYL-ETHER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN-8-C-APIOSYL-(1,6)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Leaf not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Root 5.3 6520.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Stem not available 35.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Tissue Culture not available 119.0 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
Antiulcer? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivasoconstrictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwithdrawal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 5 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.