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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.
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
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.3 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 5330.0 8300.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 12.0 13.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
D-MANNITOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZEIN 32 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAIDZIN 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
IRON 6 Root 50.0 68.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
KAKKONEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1470.0 3690.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 3.0 5.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root not available 0.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
MIROESTROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 7370.0 11200.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 49 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN-7-XYLOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERAROL 0 Root not available not available not available 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
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *