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Pueraria

The genus Pueraria

Edited by

Wing Ming Keung

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

London and New York

First published 2002

by Taylor & Francis

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ISBN 0–415–28492–9

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Preface to the series

Preface

The editor

1 Pueraria : botanical characteristics

L.J.G. VAN DER MAESEN

2 Ethnobotany of Pueraria species

CONNIE COX BODNER AND THEODORE HYMOWITZ

3 Pueraria (Ge) in traditional Chinese herbal medicine

YOU-PING ZHU, HAN-MING ZHANG, AND MING ZENG

4 Pueraria tuberosa DC: contraceptive efficacy and toxicological profile

SANGEETA SHUKLA AND R. MATHUR

5 Chemical constituents of Pueraria plants: identification and

methods of analysis

HAOJING RONG, DENIS DE KEUKELEIRE, AND LUC DE COOMAN

6 Chemical components and pharmacology of the rejuvenating plant

Pueraria mirifica

JOHN L. INGHAM, SATOSHI TAHARA, AND GERALD S. POPE

7 Biosynthesis and natural functions of Pueraria isoflavonoids

TAKASHI HAKAMATSUKA AND YUTAKA EBIZUKA

8 Pharmacological effects of Pueraria isoflavones on cardiovascular

system

SIANG-SHU CHAI, AI-PING ZHAO, AND GUANG-YAO GAO

9 Preclinical studies of kudzu ( Pueraria lobata ) as a treatment for

alcohol abuse

WING MING KEUNG

10 Human studies of kudzu as a treatment for alcohol abuse

SCOTT E. LUKAS

11 Chemopreventive effects of isoflavones on estrogen-dependent

diseases: osteoporosis and cancer of the breast, prostate and

endometrium

CHUN-KOWK WONG

12 Chemistry and hepatoprotective effect of Pueraria saponins

JUNEI KINJO AND TOSHIHIRO NOHARA

13 Mammalian metabolism of Pueraria isoflavonoids

KEISUKE OHSAWA AND TAKAAKI YASUDA

14 Synthesis of naturally occurring isoflavones and their analogs

ANWAR JARDINE

15 Research and development of Pueraria (Ge)-based medicinal

products in China

GUANG-YAO GAO AND WING MING KEUNG

16 Kudzu, a valuable potential commercial resource:

food, paper, textiles and chemicals

LLEWELLYN J. PARKS, ROBERT D. TANNER, AND ALES PROKOP

17 Friend or foe? Changing cultural definitions of kudzu

KATHLEEN S. LOWNEY

Contributors

Connie Cox Bodner

Genesee Country Village & Museum

1410 Flint Hill Road

Mumford, NY 14511-0310, USA

Takashi Hakamatsuka

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Science University of Tokyo

12 Funakawara-machi, Ichigaya

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0826

Japan

Siang-Shu Chai

Department of Physiology

Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences

Ji-nan, Shandong 250062

People’s Republic of China

Theodore Hymowitz

Department of Crop Sciences

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL 61802, USA

Luc De Cooman

State University of Gent

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Harelbekestr 72

B-9000 Gent, Belgium

John L. Ingham

Department of Food Science &

Technology

University of Reading

Whiteknights, P.O. Box 226

Reading, RG6 2AP, England

Denis De Keukeleire

State University of Gent

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Harelbekestr 72

B-9000 Gent, Belgium

Anwar Jardine

Gillette Advanced Technology Center, US

37A Street, Needham

MA 02492-9120, USA

Yutaka Ebizuka

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical

Sciences

The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku

Tokyo 113-0033

Japan

Wing Ming Keung

Center for Biochemical and

Biophysical Sciences and Medicine

Harvard Medical School

250 Longwood Avenue, Boston

MA 02115, USA

Guang-Yao Gao

CBBSM

Harvard Medical School

250 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA 02115, USA

Junei Kinjo

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science

Fukuoka University

8-19-1 Nanakuma

Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan

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