Plant Details

Accepted name:: Glycine max (L.) Merr. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
boo me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chiang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chiang yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
da dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dadouhuangjuan	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
edamame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fermented soybean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. (2002)
glycine semen nigra	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
glycine semen preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
haba soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hei tou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
heidou	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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)
huang tou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hydrogenated soya oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
hydrogenated soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
jen shu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jung shu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 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. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
powdered soy isoflavones extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
refined soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
semen sojae praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. 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)
shih tou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shih yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
soiae oleum hydrogenatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
soiae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop.: 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
sojae semen germinatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2015)
sojae semen nigrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
sojae semen praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 fasulyasi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soya oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
soya plant	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
soya-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
soya-bean oil, hydrogenated	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
soya-bean oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
sran chen dkar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ta tou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ta tou huang chuen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ta tou shih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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)
tou fu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tou huang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tou yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	hydrogenated oil	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
seed		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Grains		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
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	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	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
seed		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seeds		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
seeds		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed		Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
seed	fixed oil	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
seed	Product obtained by refining, bleaching, hydrogenation and deodorisation of oil obtained from seeds	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
seed		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
seeds	oil	Korean Pharmacop., 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) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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 Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Glycine max (L.) Merr	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Glycine max (L.) Merr.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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 Pharmacop.: 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. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Glycine max Merr.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Glycine max Merrill	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 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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