Kudzu root: Traditional uses and potential medicinal benefits in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 584-607

  Wong, Ka H ^a   Li, George Q ^a   Li, Kong M ^a   Razmovski Naumovski, Valentina ^a,b   Chan, Kelvin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Gegen; Kudzu root; Metabolic syndrome; Pueraria lobata; Pueraria thomsonii; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

3' HYDROXY 4' O BETA GLUCOSYLPUERARIN; 3' HYDROXYPUERARIN; 3' HYDROXYPUERARIN 4' O DEOXYHEXOSIDE; 3' METHOXYDAIDZEIN 7 O METHYL ETHER; 3' METHOXYDAIDZIN; 3' METHOXYPUERARIN; 4' GLUCOSYLDAIDZIN; 4' METHOXYPUERARIN; 6'' O XYLOSYLPUERARIN; BIOCHANIN A; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; DAIDZEIN 7 O METHYL ETHER; DAIDZIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONOID; KUZUBUTENOLIDE A; PUERARIA EXTRACT; PUERARIA LOBATA EXTRACT; PUERARIN; PUERARIN 4' O GLUCOSIDE; PUERAROL; PUEROL B; PUEROSIDE A; PUEROSIDE B; SCOPARONE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; FEVER; HUMAN; KUDZU ROOT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PUERARIA; PUERARIA LOBATA; REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS; PUERARIA;

ANIMALIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. THOMSONII;

EID: 79954422522     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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