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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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 14000.0 44600.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BAICALEIN 50 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 150.0 475.0 -0.76 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 1600.0 1700.0 -0.95 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CANTONIENSISTRIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 271000.0 885350.0 0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAROTENE 0 Shoot not available 44.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-4-(BUT-CIS-2-ENYLIDENE)-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 290.0 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
Choleretic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Fukutake, M., Yokota, S., Kawamura, H., Iizuka, A., Amagaya, S., Fukuda, K., Komatsu, Y. 1998. Inhibitory effect of Coptidis rhizoma adn Scutellariae radix on azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci formation in rat colon. Biol Pharm Bull, 21(8): 814-817
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 5 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 Duke, 1992 *