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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
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
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 *