Plant Details

Accepted name:: Glycine max (L.) Merr. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Glycine max subsp. formosana (Hosok.) Tateishi & H.Ohashi

Glycine max nothosubsp. gracilis (Skvortsov) H.Ohashi

Glycine max subsp. max

Glycine max subsp. soja (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Ohashi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balatong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bean curd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ber-hrum	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bhat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhatt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhatwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhetmas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black bean	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
boo me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
da dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dadouhuangjuan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
daizu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dan dou chi	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dan dou chih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dandouchi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
edamame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fermented soybean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
frijol de soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fève de soja	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
glycine semen germinatum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
glycine semen nigra	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
glycine semen preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
haba soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heidou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
high oleic soybean oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
hsan-to-nouk	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hydrogenated soya oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
hydrogenated soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
kacang soya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kedelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lecithinum ex soja	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lecithinum soya	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
ngasee	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
nung hawai	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
oleum sojae	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
pe-bok	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pe-ngapi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
phytosoja	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
powdered soy isoflavone extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
powdered soy isoflavones extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
raam kurthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ramkurthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
refined soya oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
refined soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
semen sojae praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen sojae preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
sen chen kar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
soia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
soiae oleum hydrogenatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soiae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
soja bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sojabohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sojaböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sojae oleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sojae semen	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sojae semen germination	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
sojae semen germinatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen nigrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sojalecithin	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
soy bean	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soy bean extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
soy isoflavones	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
soy or soya bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soy protein concentrate	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
soya bean	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
soya beans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soya beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soya bonchi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
soya oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
soya plant	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
soya-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
soya-bean oil, hydrogenated	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soya-bean oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soyabean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
soyabeen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soybean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
soybean oil	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
soybean oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
soybean sp	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
soybean yellow germination	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
sran chen dkar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ta tou	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tadaa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tau foo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tofu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
බූ මෑ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සෝයා බෝංචි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
སྲན་ཆེན་དཀར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫فول الصويا‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ダイズ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
大豆黄卷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淡豆豉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
穞豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
腐巴	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆油	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆腐	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆腐泔水	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆腐浆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆腐渣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆腐皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豆黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄大豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑大豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑大豆叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑大豆皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑大豆花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑豆衣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	hydrogenated oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
seed		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Grains		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ripe seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seeds	dry seeds powder	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
fruit, seed		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed	oil, extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
seed		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seeds		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seeds		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	powder	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	powdered extract	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed	fixed oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	Product obtained by refining, bleaching, hydrogenation and deodorisation of oil obtained from seeds	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained from the seeds	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
seeds	oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phaseolus max L. Sp. Pl.: 725 (1753).
Soja max (L.) Piper U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Invent. Seeds 33: 53 (1915).
Phaseolus sordidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 335 (1796), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Glycine max	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Glycine max (L) Merr.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Glycine max (L.) Merr	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Glycine max (L.) Merr.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Glycine max (L.) Merr. Maxim.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Glycine max (L.)Merr.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Glycine max (Linn.) Merr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Glycine max (Linné) Merrill	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Glycine max L. Merr.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Glycine max Merr	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Glycine max Merr.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Glycine max Merrill	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Glycine max Merrill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Glycine max. Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Glycine maz	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phaseolus max L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Soja max	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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