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How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-0-METHYLGENISTEIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENISTEIN | 81 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer-Preventive | 1 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999. |
| Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogen-Agonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999. |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Flatulent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 1 | Geibel, M. 1994. Sensitivity of the Fungus Cytospora persoonii to the Flavonoids of Prunus cerasus. Phytochemistry. 38(3): 599-601. 1995. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MDR-Inhibitor | 1 | Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93. |
| NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |