Puerarin, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti puerarin flavone, ndi isoflavone carboglycoside yachilengedwe, yomwe ndi gawo lalikulu la puerarin kuti ligwiritse ntchito mphamvu zake.Puerarin ali ndi ntchito yotsitsa shuga wamagazi, kuwongolera lipids m'magazi, kuteteza mitsempha yamagazi, kupsinjika kwa oxidative, anti-infection, kukonza insulin sensitivity index, ndi zina zambiri, ndipo imakhala ndi zotsatirapo zochepa.Amadziwika kuti "phytoestrogen", ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochiza matenda amtima ndi cerebrovascular, khansa, Parkinson's disease, matenda a Alzheimer's, shuga ndi shuga.