East Asian arrowroot

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• Japanese arrowroot
• kudzu
• kudzu vine
• kudsu
• Kudzu Bean
• kudzu hemp
• East Asian arrowroot

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Pueraria bodinieri
• Pueraria volkensii
• Pueraria triloba
• Pueraria thunbergii f. alba
• Pueraria thunbergiana
• Pueraria novoguineensis
• Pueraria koten
• Pueraria lobata
• Pueraria montana var. chinensis
• Pueraria caerulea
• Pueraria harmsii
• Pueraria chinensis
• Pueraria argyi
• Phaseolus ficifolius
• Phaseolus cornutus
• Pachyrhizus thunbergianus
• Vigna lobata
• Phaseolus lobatus
• Phaseolus trilobus
• Dioclea odorata
• Pueraria lobata var. chinensis
• Dolichos hirsutus
• Dolichos lobatus
• Pueraria triloba var. leucostachya
• Neustanthus chinensis

Regional and Traditional Names

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. Within the order Fabales, it is classified under the family Fabaceae and the genus Pueraria. Specifically, its taxonomic designation is Pueraria montana var. lobata.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a diverse geographical distribution that spans across several distinct regions of Europe and its surrounding islands. In Southeastern Europe, its presence is noted in Italy as well as throughout the Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Moving toward Eastern Europe, the species can be found growing in both Crimea and Ukraine. Beyond the mainland, its range extends into the Atlantic region specifically within the Macaronesia archipelago. Notably, it is also documented as being present in the Azores.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Pueraria montana var. lobata has 5 reported plant parts identified across 37 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include root, flower, leaf, stem, rhizome.

Root

1. Drug delivery
2. Frontiers in pharmacology
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
4. Toxicology and applied pharmacology
5. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Flower

1. The American journal of Chinese medicine
2. Planta medica
3. Recent advances in anti-infective drug discovery
4. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
5. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

Leaf

1. Biomolecules
2. Annali di chimica
3. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

Stem

1. Biomolecules
2. Annali di chimica

Rhizome

1. Planta medica

Chemicals

Pueraria montana var. lobata has 120 reported phytochemicals identified across 37 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Puerarin, daidzein, genistein, Daidzin, Isoflavones.

Puerarin

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of chromatography. A
3. Journal of ethnopharmacology
4. Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research
5. Drug delivery

daidzein

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of chromatography. A
3. Journal of ethnopharmacology
4. Frontiers in pharmacology
5. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

genistein

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of chromatography. A
3. Archives of pharmacal research
4. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
5. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Daidzin

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of chromatography. A
3. Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
4. Phytochemical analysis : PCA
5. Frontiers in plant science

Isoflavones

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
3. Journal of chromatography. A
4. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
5. Biomedical chromatography : BMC

Isoflavonoids

1. Frontiers in pharmacology
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Frontiers in plant science
4. Journal of ethnopharmacology
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

3'-Methoxypuerarin

1. Frontiers in pharmacology
2. Food & function
3. Annali di chimica
4. Journal of ethnopharmacology
5. Journal of chromatographic science

Genistin

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
3. The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology
4. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
5. Frontiers in pharmacology

Isoflavone

1. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
2. PeerJ
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
4. Scientific reports
5. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology

Flavonoids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
3. Biomedical chromatography : BMC
4. Frontiers in pharmacology

Activities

Pueraria montana var. lobata has 272 reported activities identified across 37 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Hepatoprotective, Estrogenic, Hypoglycemic, Anticancer.

Antioxidant

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
4. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
5. International journal of molecular sciences

Hepatoprotective

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
4. Recent advances in anti-infective drug discovery
5. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Estrogenic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Planta medica
3. Recent advances in anti-infective drug discovery
4. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
5. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Hypoglycemic

1. Dr. Duke
2. International journal of molecular sciences
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
4. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin
5. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Anticancer

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)
3. Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety
4. Phytotherapy research : PTR

Analgesic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Journal of food science

Antiinflammatory

1. Dr. Duke
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR
3. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Antipyretic

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology
3. Journal of food science

Neuroprotective

1. Dr. Duke
2. Frontiers in pharmacology
3. Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety

Antialcoholic

1. Dr. Duke
2. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Conditions

Pueraria montana var. lobata has 3 reported investigations on conditions identified across 37 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include convulsions, fever, inflammation.

Convulsions

1. Plant disease

Fever

1. Plant disease

Inflammation

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Preparations

Pueraria montana var. lobata has 40 reported preparations identified across 37 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include extracts, flower, methanol extract, root, 70% EtOH extracts.

Extracts

1. Fitoterapia
2. Archives of pharmacal research

Flower

1. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR

Methanol extract

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Root

1. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR

70% etoh extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Etoac extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Extract from pueraria lobata (epl)

1. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology

Fermented epl (fepl)

1. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology

Leaf extract

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Pueraria lobata oral liquid

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie