Plant Pueraria montana (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	not available	8.0	-1.02	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ROBININ	10	Leaf	500.0	18700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARONE	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SHEKANIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICA	0	Shoot	15000.0	52000.0	0.19	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SISSITORIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOPHORADIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-A-3	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I	0	Root	not available	1.5	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-SA-3	0	Root	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	130000.0	400000.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	2.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TECTORIDIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TECTORIGENIN	5	Flower	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	20	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	2	Science News, 146: 421.
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardiodepressant	2	Martindale's 29th
Cardioprotective	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.