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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.