Puerarin, izwi kandi nka puerarin flavone, ni isoflavone karboglycoside isanzwe, kikaba aricyo kintu cyingenzi kigize puerarin kugirango ikore neza.Puerarin ifite imirimo yo kugabanya glucose yamaraso, kugenga lipide yamaraso, kurinda imiyoboro yamaraso, guhagarika umutima, kurwanya kwandura, kunoza ibyiyumvo bya insuline, nibindi, kandi ntigire ingaruka mbi.Azwi nka “phytoestrogene”, kandi ikoreshwa mu kuvura indwara z'umutima n'imitsi n'ubwonko, kanseri, indwara ya Parkinson, indwara ya Alzheimer, diyabete na diyabete