I-Puerarin, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-puerarin flavone, yi-isoflavone carboglycoside yendalo, eyona nto iphambili ye-puerarin ukusebenzisa ukusebenza kwayo.I-Puerarin inemisebenzi yokunciphisa i-glucose yegazi, ilawula i-lipid yegazi, ukukhusela imithwalo yegazi, i-antioxidative stress, i-anti-infection, ukuphucula i-insulin sensitivity index, njl., kwaye ineempendulo ezingaphantsi.Yaziwa ngokuba yi "phytoestrogen", kwaye isetyenziselwa ukunyanga izifo zentliziyo kunye ne-cerebrovascular, umhlaza, isifo sikaParkinson, isifo sika-Alzheimer, isifo seswekile kunye nesifo seswekile.