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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DAMASCENONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 19700.0 -1.00 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Flower *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower *
DI-O-METHYLDAIDZEIN 0 Root *
DIADZIN 0 Stem 5.4 *
EO 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 120.0 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit Essent. Oil *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 3185.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Shoot 16000.0 35000.0 -0.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Root 7000.0 22300.0 -1.46 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Shoot 171000.0 275000.0 1.08 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER 15 Stem 462000.0 1.14 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FLAVONES 0 Root *
FLUORIDE 3 Root 6.6 -0.38 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Flower *
FORMONONETIN 16 Rhizome *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
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 *
Neuroprotective 3 *
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 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
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 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
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.