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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
STARCH 5 Root 100000.0 150000.0 -0.69 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root *
ZINC 77 Root 21.0 30.0 0.25 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 6 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prooxidant 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sialogogue 1 *
Spasmogenic 1 *
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppurative 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer 2 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th