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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ONONIN 2 Flower *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Flower *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Stem 0.1 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Stem *
PHASEOLLIDIN 2 Leaf Diffusate 2.0 -1.00 *
PHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 180.0 575.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 470.0 2440.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOL 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 46300.0 *
POTASSIUM 14 Shoot 16000.0 36050.0 0.86 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Fruit Essent. Oil *
PROTEIN 0 Root 21000.0 66890.0 -0.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 131000.0 168600.0 -0.38 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-1 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-2 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-3 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-4 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer? 2 *
Antivaricose 1 *
Antivasoconstrictive 1 *
Antiviral 10 *
Antiwithdrawal 1 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 6 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 9 *
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 *
Beta-Blocker 3 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.