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Botanical Name |
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Glycine max Merrill |
English
Name |
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Soybean |
Synonym(s) |
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Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.; Glycine hispida Maxim.; Soja max Piper |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An annual with erect or climbing stem, reaching a height of 1½-6 ft., densely clothed with hairs; leaves trifoliolate, ovate-lanceolate, long-petioled; flowers small, inconspicuous, borne on short axillary racemes, white or purple to reddish purple, normally self-pollinated; pods 1½-2 in. long in clusters of 3-5, densely hairy, sub-torulose, containing 2-4 seeds: seeds elliptical with long hilum, compressed, yellow, chocolate or black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Lowers blood cholesterol and blood sugar (plant); astringent (root decoction); constructive, laxative and resolvent (seed sprout) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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(+)-Catechin, gallic acid, naringenin, quercitrin (leaf); acetic acid, adenine, beta-sitosterol, caffeic acid, coumestrol, lupeol (seed); adenosine, alpha-amyrin (sprout seedling); ascorbic acid, beta-carotene (fruit) Galactomannans (soybean hull); genistin (root); ferulic acid, kaempferol, quercetin, sapogenins and saponins (plant); rutin (shoot) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| (+)-Catechin |
5323-80-8 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)chroman-3,5,7-tri
ol |
C15H14O6 |
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| Gallic acid |
149-91-7 |
3,4,5-trihydroxybenz
oic acid |
C7H6O5 |
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| Naringenin |
Not Available |
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-chroma
n-4-one |
C15H12O5 |
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| Quercitrin |
6151-25-3 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
methyl-oxa
n-2-yl)o
xy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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| Acetic acid |
77671-22-8 |
acetic acid |
C2H4O2 |
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| Adenine |
5426-35-7 |
7H-purin-6-amine |
C5H5N5 |
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| Caffeic acid |
Not Available |
3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid |
C9H8O4 |
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| Coumestrol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C15H8O5 |
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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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| Adenosine |
Not Available |
2-(6-aminopurin-9-yl
)-5-(hydroxymethyl)o
xolane-3,4-diol |
C10H13N5O4 |
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| alpha-Amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydro-1H-picen-3-o
l |
C30H50O |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Beta carotene |
7235-40-7 |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Genistein |
446-72-0 |
4,5-dihydroxy-3-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-chrome
n-7-one |
C15H10O5 |
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| Ferulic acid |
24276-84-4 |
3-(4-hydroxy-3-metho
xy-phenyl)prop-2-eno
ic acid |
C10H10O4 |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Rutin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l]
oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate |
C27H36O19 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In the treatment of colds, fevers and headaches, insomnia, irritability and a stuffy sensation in the chest; to snakebite (bruised leaf); blindness and opacity of the cornea (flowers); oedema, dysuria, chest fullness, decreased perspiration, the initial stages of flu and arthralgia (sprouts) |
| Contraindication |
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The raw mature seed is toxic and must be thoroughly cooked before being eaten. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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