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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Pueraria pseudohirsuta (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Kudzu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Root *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.3 -0.20 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 5330.0 8300.0 0.10 *
COPPER 12 Root 12.0 13.0 0.14 *
D-MANNITOL 0 Root *
DAIDZEIN 32 Root *
DAIDZIN 10 Root *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root *
GENISTEIN 81 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
IRON 6 Root 50.0 68.0 -0.34 *
KAKKONEIN 0 Root *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1470.0 3690.0 0.60 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 3.0 5.0 -0.49 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 -0.37 *
MIROESTROL 0 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 7370.0 11200.0 -0.34 *
PUERARIN 49 Root *
PUERARIN-7-XYLOSIDE 0 Root *
PUERAROL 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiaddictive 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 (View) *