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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
5-METHYLHYDANTOIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-D-XYLOSYLPUERATIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYL-GENISTEIN-8-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Root not available 8550.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Stem not available 103.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 470.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Root not available 630.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Stem not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 194.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLPUERARIN 0 Root not available 1625.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLPUERARIN 0 Tissue Culture not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-GERANYL-7,4'-DIHYDROXYCOUMESTAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-C-GLUCOSYLGENISTEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLDAIDZEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLDIADZEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-PRENYLGENISTEIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Root not available not available 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
Diuretic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
ER-Beta-Binder 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogen-Agonist 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatulent 2 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 9 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 21 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemolytic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.