botanical record · discovered
Soybean
Glycine max
Soybean · Balatong · Ffa Soia · Ffaen Soya · Ffeuen Soia · Gauruotoji soja · Kacang soya hijau · Soia · Soja · Soja owłosiona · Soja protéagineux · Soja warzywna · Soja, Soja élevé · Sojabohne
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, US, Turkey, Asia, India, US(NY)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Ache(Head), Ague, Alcoholism
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ACETONE, ACID-PHOSPHATASE, ADENINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Glycine max
Common names: Soybean, Balatong, Ffa Soia, Ffaen Soya, Ffeuen Soia, Gauruotoji soja, Kacang soya hijau, Soia, Soja, Soja owłosiona, Soja protéagineux, Soja warzywna, Soja, Soja élevé, Sojabohne
History
The source record documents this plant in China, US, Turkey, Elsewhere, Asia, India, US(NY).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Ague
- Alcoholism
- Anodyne
- Antidote(Aconite)
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Antidote(Croton)
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- Antivinous
- Apertif
- Ascites
- Ataxia
- Bite(Bug)
- Bite(Dog)
- Bite(Snake)
- Blindness
- Bones
- Burn
- Carminative
- Chest-Cold
- Chill
- Circulation
- Cyanogenetic
- Decongestant
- Diabetes
- Dysentery
- Eczema
- Edema
- Halitosis
- Hematuria
- Impotency
- Intoxication
- Labor
- Malaria
- Marasmus
- Marrow
- Melancholy
- Metrorrhagia
- Nausea
- Nervine
- Ophthalmia
- Pregnancy
- Preventitive(Abortifacient)
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Scald
- Sedative
- Shampoo
- Skin
- Soap
- Sore
- Splenitis
- Stomach
- Stomach(Veterinary)
- Tinea
- Venereal
- Vision
- Cancer
- Diuretic
- Laxative
- Puerperium
- Smallpox
- Vertigo
- Anus
- Cold
- Complexion
- Diaphoretic
- Dyspnea
- Enuresis
- Feet
- Fever
- Piles
- Resolvent
- Splinter
- Cornea
- Leprosy
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- US
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Asia
- India
- US(NY)
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Ague
- Alcoholism
- Anodyne
- Antidote(Aconite)
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Antidote(Croton)
- Antivinous
- Apertif
- Ascites
- Ataxia
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- Bite(Bug)
- Bite(Dog)
- Bite(Snake)
- Blindness
- Bones
- Burn
- Carminative
- Chest-Cold
- Chill
- Circulation
- Cyanogenetic
- Decongestant
- Diabetes
- Dysentery
- Eczema
- Edema
- Halitosis
- Hematuria
- Impotency
- Intoxication
- Labor
- Malaria
- Marasmus
- Marrow
- Melancholy
- Metrorrhagia
- Nausea
- Nervine
- Ophthalmia
- Pregnancy
- Preventitive(Abortifacient)
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Scald
- Sedative
- Shampoo
- Skin
- Soap
- Sore
- Splenitis
- Stomach
- Stomach(Veterinary)
- Tinea
- Venereal
- Vision
- Cancer
- Diuretic
- Laxative
- Puerperium
- Smallpox
- Vertigo
- Anus
- Cold
- Complexion
- Diaphoretic
- Dyspnea
- Enuresis
- Feet
- Fever
- Piles
- Resolvent
- Splinter
- Cornea
- Leprosy
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETONE
- ACID-PHOSPHATASE
- ADENINE
- AFROMOSIN
- ALANINE
- ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE
- ALLANTOIN
- ALLANTOINASE
- ALUMINUM
- AMYLASE
- ALPHA-AMYLASE
- BETA-AMYLASE
- ARABINOGALACTAN
- ARABINOSE
- ARACHIDONIC-ACID
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- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASPARAGIC-ACID
- ASPARTATE-AMINO-TRANSFERASE
- BARIUM
- BETAINE
- BIOCHANIN-C
- BOWMAN-BIRK-INHIBITOR
- BUTANOIC-ACID-3-HEXENYL-ESTER
- CALCIUM
- CANAVANINE
- N-CAPRIC-ACID
- N-CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CARBOXYLASE
- 6-CARBOXY-PTERIN
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CATALASE
- (+)-CATECHIN
- CHLORINE
- CICERITOL
- CITRIC-ACID
- COBALT
- GAMMA-COUMARIC-ACID
- O-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- CYCLOARTENOL
- CYSTEINE
- DAIDZIN
- DELPHINIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- DIAPHORASE
- DI-GALACTOSYL-GLYCEROL
- 6,8-DI-HEXOSYL-GENKWANIN
- 4'7-DIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE
- 2,2-DIMETHYL-HEXANAL
- 1-DODECENE
- ERGOSTEROL
- ERUCIC-ACID
- ESTERASE
- ETHYLVINYLKETONE
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLUORINE
- FOLACIN
- FORMIC-ACID
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GALACTOMANNAN
- GALACTOPINITOL-A
- D-GALACTOSE
- GENISTEIN
- GENISTIN
- GLUCOSAMINE
- GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- GLUCOSIDASE
- O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-ZEATIN
- GLUCURONIC-ACID
- GLUTAMATE-OXALOACETIC-TRANSAMINASE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLUTAMYL-TYROSINE
- GLUTARIC-ACID
- GLYCEOLLIN-I
- GLYCEOLLIN-III
- GLYCININE
- GLYCITEIN
- GLYCITIN-7-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- GLYCOLIC-ACID
- 2,4-HEXADIEN-1-OL
- 1-HEXANOL
- 3-HEXENAL-1-OL
- HISPIDINIC-ACID
- HISTIDINE
- 4-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- 3-HYDROXY-LINOLEIC-ACID
- 3-HYDROXY-OLEIC-ACID
- 6-HYDROXY-METHYL-PTERIN
- HYDROXYPHASEOLIN
- HYPOXANTHINE
- BETA-INDOLACETIC-ACID
- INOSITOL-HEXAPHOSPHATE
- INVERTASE
- IODINE
- IRON
- ISOCAPRIC-ACID
- ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- ISOFLAVONES
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOSCHAFTOSIDE
- ISOXANTHOPTERIN
- KILOCALORIES
- LECITHIN
- LECTIN
- LEGUMELIN
- LEUCINE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LIPASE
- LIPOXIDASE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- MALIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-ISOMERASE
- METHIONINE
- MOLYBDENUM
- MUFA
- NADP-ACTIVE-ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- NARINGENIN
- NEURAMINIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- NICKEL
- N-NONANOIC-ACID
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- OCTADECA-9,12-DIENOIC-ACID
- OCTADECA-2,9,12-TRIENOIC-ACID
- 3-OCTANOL
- 3-OCTANONE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PENTANAL
- PEROXIDASE
- PHASEOL
- PHASIN
- PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROLE
- PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYSETOLIC-ACID
- PHYTASE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PINITOL
- D-PINITOL
- PIPERIDINE
- POTASSIUM
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- PROTEASE
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- PYRIDOXINE
- PYROGLUTAMIC-ACID
- QUERCITRIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SAPONINS
- SERINE
- SILICON
- SINAPIC-ACID
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- SOYASAPONIN-A
- SOYASAPONIN-B
- SOYASAPONIN-C
- SOYASAPONIN-D
- SOYASAPONIN-I
- STRONTIUM
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- SUGARS
- SULFUR
- TATOIN
- 3-TETRADECENE
- THIAMIN
- THREONEOPTERIN
- THREONINE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- (6AR,11AR)-3-6(A)-9-TRIHYDROXYPTEROCARPAN
- 4'-5-7-TRIMETHOXYISOFLAVONE
- TYROSINE
- UNDYLIC-ACID
- UREASE
- URICASE
- N-VALERIANIC-ACID
- VALINE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- VERBACOSE
- VERBASCOSE
- VITAMIN-B-6
- VITAMIN-D
- VITAMIN-E
- VITEXIN
- VITEXIN-2'-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- WATER
- XANTHINE
- XYLOSE
- ZINC
- ZIRCONIUM
- TITANIUM
- 4'-5-7-TRIACETOXYISOFLAVONE
- CIS-ACONITIC-ACID
- O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-ZEATIN-RIBOSIDE
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- STARCH
- 3,5,5,TRIMETHYL-2-HEXENE
- ACETIC-ACID-HEXYL-ESTER
- TRANS-ACONITIC-ACID
- ADENOSINE
- ADENYLIC-ACID
- AMMONIA
- ANTHOCYANIN
- ARGININE
- ASCORBICASE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BORON
- CARLINOSIDE
- CEPHALIN
- CHOLESTEROL
- COPPER
- CYCLOLAUDENOL
- DAIDZEIN
- 4'-7-DIACETOXYISOFLAVONE
- DIHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL
- ERYTHRO-NEOPTERIN
- FERULIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- GLUCOSE
- O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-DIHYDROZEATIN-RIBOSIDE
- GLUTAMYL-ALANINE
- GLYCEOLLIN-II
- GUANIDINE
- 2-HEXENAL
- HISPIDOL
- HYPOGEIC-ACID
- ISOVALERIANIC-ACID
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- KUNITZ-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR
- LEUCINE-AMINO-PEPTIDASE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUMAZINE
- LYSINE
- MALTOSE
- METHYLGENISTEIN
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- OCTADECA-2,9-DIENOIC-ACID
- 7-OCTEN-4-OL
- D-ONITOL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHASEOLIN
- PHOSPHATIDES
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- POLYSACCHARIDES
- PROLINE
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- RAFFINOSE
- ROTENOIDS
- SFA
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SOYASAPONIN-E
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE
- VITAMIN-K
- XYLOGALACTOMANNAN
- 4-HEXENYLOL-ACETATE
- PHOSPHOGLUCOSE-ISOMERASE
- PTERIN
- GALACTOPINITOL-B
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- SELENIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ACETALDEHYDE
- AGMATINE
- N-6-METHYLAGMATINE
- ALLANTOIC-ACID
- DIMETHYL-AMINE
- ISOPROPYL-AMINE
- METHYL-AMINE
- N-BUTYL-AMINE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ANTHERAXANTHIN
- 2-CARBOXYARABINITOL
- ASTRAGALIN
- 7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- BACCHARA-12-21-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- 2,2-DIMETHYL-2-(H)-6-(H)-BENZOFURO-(3-2-C)-PYRANO-(2-3-H)-(1)-BENZOPYRAN-6-(A)-9-(11-A-H)-DIOL
- 3,3-DI-METHYL-3-(H)-7-(H)-BENZOFURO-(3-2-C)-PYRANO-(3-2-9)-(1)-BENZOPYRAN-7-(A)-10-(12-A-H)-DIOL
- BENZYLADENINE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BENZYLADENINE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BIOCHANIN-A
- BIOTIN
- BOWMAN-BIRK-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR
- BUTYROSPERMOL
- CADAVERINE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- RIBOSE-1,5-DIPHOSPHATE-CARBOXYLASE
- CAROTENE
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- ALPHA-CONGLYCININ
- BETA-CONGLYCININ
- GAMMA-CONGLYCININ
- COPROPORPHYRIN
- ISOCOUMARIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- COUMESTROL
- CROCETIN
- CYCLOARTANOL
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL
- CYCLOBRANOL
- CYSTINE
- 6'-O-ACETYL-DAIDZIN
- 6''-O-MALONYLDAIDZIN
- MALONYLDAIDZIN
- DAIZUSAPONIN
- DAMMARADIENOL
- 24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL
- EDI-PRO-A
- ERGOST-4-EN-3,6-DIONE
- ERGOST-4-EN-3-ONE
- ETHANOL
- ETHYL-AMINE
- ETHYLENE
- EUPHOL
- ISOFERULIC-ACID
- FICAPRENOL-10
- FICAPRENOL-11
- FICAPRENOL-12
- FISETIN
- 4'-5-7-TRIACETOXYFLAVONE
- 4'-5-7-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 4'-7-DIACETOXYFLAVONE
- 4'-7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- FLAVONOL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- FLAZIN
- FORMONONETIN
- FRUCTOSE
- ISOFUCOSTEROL
- GALACTOPINITOL
- 6'-O-ACETYL-GENISTIN
- 6''-O-MALONYLGENISTIN
- MALONYLGENISTIN
- GENTISIC-ACID
- 1-O-FERULOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- 1-O-P-COUMAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- GLYCEOLLIN-IV
- GLYCETIN
- GLYCINE-MAX-LECTIN
- GLYCINE-MAX-TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR
- GLYCINE-OLIGOSACCHARIDE
- GLYCININ
- GLYCINOPRENOL-10
- GLYCINOPRENOL-11
- GLYCINOPRENOL-9
- GLYCITEIN-7-O-BETA-D-(6''-O-ACETYL)-GLUCOSIDE
- GLYCITEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- GLYCITIN
- 6''-O-ACETYLGLYCITIN
- 6''-O-MALONYLGLYCITIN
- GOSSYPOL
- HEXAN-1-AL
- CINNAMIC-ACID-4-HYDROXYLASE
- INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID
- CHIRO-INOSITOL
- MYO-INOSITOL
- ACID-INVERTASE
- CO-A-LIGASE-1-ISOENZYME
- CO-A-LIGASE-2-ISOENZYME
- P-COUMARATE-ISOZYME
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-2-(GLUCOSYL-GENTIOBIOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-2-(GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-2-(RHAMNOSYL-GENTIOBIOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSYL-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSYL-GENTIOBIOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSYL-RUTINOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-SOPHOROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE
- LANOSTEROL
- LIGNIN
- LIPOXYGENASE
- ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN
- LUPEOL
- LUTEIN
- PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE
- METHANOL
- NEOXANTHIN
- NH3
- NICOTIANAMINE
- NICOTIFLORIN
- NITROGENASE
- NODULIN-26
- OLEIC-ACID
- ONONIN
- ONONITOL
- (+)-D-ONONITOL
- PARKEOL
- PENTAN-1-AL
- PENTANE
- PERLOLIDIN
- N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ
- (+)-PINITOL
- PROPANAL
- 6-(4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-3-METHYL-TRANS-BUT-2-ENYL-AMINO)PURINE
- PUTRESCINE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-2-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- RUTIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- SAPOGENOL-C
- SEQUOYITOL
- SIMIARENOL
- SOJA-HISPIDA-ISOFLAVONE-GLUCOSIDE-D
- SOJA-HISPIDA-ISOFLAVONE-GLUCOSIDE-E
- SOJA-HISPIDA-LECTIN
- SOJA-HISPIDA-SAPONIN-C
- SOJA-HISPIDA-SAPONIN-C-1
- SOJA-HISPIDA-SAPONIN-C-2
- SOJAGOL
- SOPHORAFLAVANOLOSIDE
- SOYASAPOGENOL-A
- SOYASAPOGENOL-B
- SOYASAPOGENOL-B-1
- SOYASAPOGENOL-C
- SOYASAPOGENOL-E
- SOYASAPONIN-A-1
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-1
- SOYASAPONIN-A-2
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-2
- SOYASAPONIN-A-3
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-3
- SOYASAPONIN-A-4
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-4
- SOYASAPONIN-A-5
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-5
- SOYASAPONIN-A-6
- ACETYL-SOYASAPONIN-A-6
- SOYASAPONIN-A-C
- SOYASAPONIN-A-D
- SOYASAPONIN-ALPHA-G
- SOYASAPONIN-B-1
- SOYASAPONIN-B-B
- SOYASAPONIN-B-D
- SOYASAPONIN-B-E
- SOYASAPONIN-BETA-A
- SOYASAPONIN-BETA-G
- SOYASAPONIN-GAMMA-A
- SOYASAPONIN-GAMMA-G
- SOYASAPONIN-II
- SOYASAPONIN-III
- SOYASAPONIN-IV
- SOYASAPONIN-V
- SOYASAPONIN-VI
- SOYASPONIN-I
- SOYASPONIN-II
- SOYASPONIN-III
- SOYASSPOGENOL-B-1
- SOYATOXIN
- SOYBEAN-7-(S)-A-ANTIGEN
- SOYBEAN-7-(S)-B-ANTIGEN
- SOYBEAN-LECTIN
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-A-1
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AA
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AB
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-AG
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BA
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BB
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BEA
- SOYBEAN-SAPONIN-BG
- SPERMIDINE
- HOMOSPERMIDINE
- SPERMINE
- SQUALENE
- STACHYOSE
- STIGMAST-4-EN-3-6-DIONE
- STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE
- STIGMASTA-4-22-DIEN-3-6-DIONE
- STIGMASTA-4-22-DIEN-3-ONE
- STIGMASTA-4,6-DIEN-3-ONE
- STIGMASTENONE
- STIGMASTEROL
- TANNIC-ACID
- TARAXASTEROL
- PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL
- TARAXEROL
- TIRUCALLA-7-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- TIRUCALLOL
- BETA-TOCOPHEROL
- DELTA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRIGONELLINE
- UDP-GLUCOSE
- UDP-XYLOSE
- UROPORPHYRIN
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- VITAMIN-A
- VITAMIN-B-2
- O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-DIHYDROZEATIN
- ACETIC-ACID-CYCLOHEXYL-ESTER
- DEMETHYLTEXASIN
- GLYCEOLLIDIN-I
- GLYCITIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOFORMONONETIN
- LEAD
- MALONYLGLYCITIN
- 9-O-METHYLGLYCEOFURAN
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PHYTATE
- PHYTIN
- SALICYLATES
- 3,6-ALPHA-9-TRIHYDROXYPTEROCARPAN
- BORNESITOL
- GLYCEOCARPIN
- GLYCEOFURAN
- GLYCINOL
- INOSITOL
- JASMONIC-ACID
- BETA-NEOCAROTENE
- GLACTINOL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
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