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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
SODIUM 1 Root 57.0 70.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Root 100000.0 150000.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root 21.0 30.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 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 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaddictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Duke, 1992 *