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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
Cerebrostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Coronary-Dilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogen-Agonist 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Flatulent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 4 Duke, 1992 *