Name £ºPuerarin

Synonyms 8-(beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-7-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one

Molecular Structure£º

Molecular Formula £ºC21H20O9

Molecular Weight£º 416.38

 

Pueraria is a genus of 15¨C20[1] species of plants native to Asia.

The genus is polyphyletic, with different species being related to species in Glycine (which includes soybean), Amphicarpaea, Nogra, Teyleria, Neonotonia, Pseudovigna, Pseudeminia, Pachyrhizus (which includes J¨ªcama), and other genera of the tribe Phaseoleae.[2]

Plants that belong to this genus include:

P. edulis Pamp.[3]

P. lobata (Willd.) Ohwi[3] (Kudzu) (by some treated as P. montana var. lobata [4]

P. mirifica

P. montana (Lour.) Merr.[3]

P. omeiensis Wang et Tang[3]

P. peduncularis Grah.[3]

P. phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.[3][5]

P. thomsonii Benth.[3]

P. tuberosa (Roxb.ex Willd.) DC.[1]

P. wallichii (probably does not belong in Pueraria[2])