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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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot not available 8.0 -1.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ROBININ 10 Leaf 500.0 18700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARONE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHEKANIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICA 0 Shoot 15000.0 52000.0 0.19 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SISSITORIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOPHORADIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPOGENOL-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-A-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Root not available 1.5 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
SOYASAPONIN-SA-3 0 Root not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Root 130000.0 400000.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLAMINE 0 Seed not available 2.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TECTORIDIN 1 Plant 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.
TECTORIGENIN 5 Flower not available 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.