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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
Antihypertensive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 9 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antileukotriene-D4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).