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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
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
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 *