Plant Pueraria montana (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
DAMASCENONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	19700.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DI-O-METHYLDAIDZEIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIADZIN	0	Stem	not available	5.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE	3	Root	not available	6.6	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Propecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Quinone-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Rubefacient	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Sedative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppurative	1	Duke, 1992 *