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
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
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.