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Preferred term

Pueraria  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Puerariae

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 2002

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • kudzujen kasvisuku
  • kudzujen suku
  • kudzupavut
  • Pueraria
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D029908

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