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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
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-XYLOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
IRON 6 Root 6.0 19.0 -0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRSOLIDONE-7-O-BETA-D-XYLOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Essent. Oil *
ISOFLAVONES 0 Root 17700.0 120000.0 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Root *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Fruit Essent. Oil *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSYL-GALACTOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAIKASAPONIN-III 0 Flower 32.4 *
KAIKASAPONIN-III 0 Leaf 200.0 *
KAKKALIDE 0 Flower 16216.0 *
KAKKANIN 0 Flower *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 1130.0 3600.0 0.51 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KUDZUISOFLAVONE-A 0 Tissue Culture 0.8 *
KUDZUISOFLAVONE-B 0 Tissue Culture 1.8 *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-A 0 Root *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-B-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-C 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Propecic 3 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 *
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 *
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
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 *
Radioprotective 2 *
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 *
Sialogogue 1 *
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 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Stimulant 1 *
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 *