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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
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiazotemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 11 Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Anticancer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *