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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
GENISTEIN 81 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf not available 316.9 -0.90 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
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf Diffusate not available 3.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-8-C-APIOSYL-(1,6)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-8-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-8-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN 3 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN 3 Root not available 1120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN 3 Stem not available 21.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTIN 3 Tissue Culture not available 53.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINOL 3 Leaf Diffusate not available 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCITEIN 5 Flower not available 88.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLIDONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLIDONE 0 Leaf 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.
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available 2500.0 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
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 *