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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
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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
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-5 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.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-6 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.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-1 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-6 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Root 3.5 50300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Stem not available 208.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Tissue Culture not available 86.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-7-O-XYLOSIDE 0 Root 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.
PUERARIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-XYLOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERAROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUEROSIDE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUEROSIDE-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 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.
QUERCETIN 176 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
Hemostat 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide-Safener 2 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 5 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 12 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.