Pueraria [Pueraria]
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kudzu
Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
Pueraria lobata
Pueraria montana
Pueraria tuberosa
puerarie
puerarie laločnatá
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Kudzu
Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
Pueraria lobata
Pueraria montana
Pueraria tuberosa
Puerariae
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE a common weed of the southeast US. There has been folk use for alcoholism and liver protection. It contains puerarin, kakkalide, daidzein (isoflavonoids), and kudzusaponins (oleanene-type triterpene glycosides).
- DUI
- D029908 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0385489
- History note
- 2002
- Public note
- 2002
Allowable subheadings
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- adverse effects
- AH
- anatomy & histology
- CH
- chemistry 1
- CL
- classification
- CY
- cytology
- DE
- drug effects
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics
- GD
- growth & development
- IM
- immunology 1
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology 1
- PS
- parasitology
- PH
- physiology
- PO
- poisoning
- RE
- radiation effects
- TO
- toxicity
- UL
- ultrastructure
- VI
- virology
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