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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
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 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.
IRISOLIDONE-7-O-XYLOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOFLAVONES 0 Root 17700.0 120000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSYL-GALACTOSIDE-7-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAIKASAPONIN-III 0 Flower not available 32.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAIKASAPONIN-III 0 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAKKALIDE 0 Flower not available 16216.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAKKANIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUISOFLAVONE-B 0 Tissue Culture not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-B-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KUDZUSAPOGENOL-C 0 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
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 5 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimicrobial 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 10 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyocarditis 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuroblastomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *