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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Sophora flavescens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Shrubby Sophora; Ku Shen
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
(-)-KURARINONE 1 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
(2S)-2'-METHOXYKURARINONE 1 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
1-MAAKIAIN 0 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
FORMONONETIN 16 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
LEACHIANONE-A 1 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
SOPHORAFLAVANONE-G 3 Root Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 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.
Anticephalagic 1 *
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antiseptic 1 *
Antiulcer? 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Kang, T., Jeong, S., Ko, W., Kim, N., Lee, B., Inagaki, M., Miyamoto, T., Higuchi, R., Kim, Y. 2000. Cytotoxic Lavandulyl Flavanones from Sphora flavescens. J. Natural Products, 63(5): 680-681.
Estrogenic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Herbicide-Safener 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Hypocholesterolemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Myorelaxant 1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Pesticide 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
VAM-Stimulant 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.