"Pueraria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
D029908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.401.714
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| Concept/Terms |
Pueraria montana- Pueraria montana
- Pueraria montanas
- montana, Pueraria
- Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pueraria" by people in Profiles.
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Gray SL, Lackey BR, Boone WR. Impact of kudzu and puerarin on sperm function. Reprod Toxicol. 2015 Jun; 53:54-62.
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Pramanik SS, Sur TK, Debnath PK, Bhattacharyya D. Effect of Pueraria tuberosa tuber extract on chronic foot shock stress in Wistar rats. Nepal Med Coll J. 2010 Dec; 12(4):234-8.