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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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Root *
ASH 0 Root 14000.0 44600.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BAICALEIN 50 Root *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Root *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Flower *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Root *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
CALCIUM 28 Root 150.0 475.0 -0.76 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 1600.0 1700.0 -0.95 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CANTONIENSISTRIOL 0 Root *
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit Essent. Oil *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 271000.0 885350.0 0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAROTENE 0 Shoot 44.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Root *
CIS-4-(BUT-CIS-2-ENYLIDENE)-3,5,5-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 290.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticanker 1 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 3 *
Anticephalagic 6 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 *
Anticlastogen 2 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.