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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
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-5 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-6 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-1 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIA-GLYCOSIDE-PG-6 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Root 3.5 50300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Stem not available 208.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Tissue Culture not available 86.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-7-O-XYLOSIDE 0 Root 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.
PUERARIN-APIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-XYLOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERAROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUEROSIDE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUEROSIDE-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 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.
QUERCETIN 176 Root not available not available 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
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer 4 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Trichomonicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 5 Duke, 1992 *