Pueraria: The Genus Peuraria (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Industrial Profiles)

Pueraria has been utilized by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to treat hangovers, allergies, indigestion, diabetes, angina, thirst, and fever. A more recent study showed that both daidzin and daidzein may be useful in reducing the urge for alcohol and treating alcoholism. Pueraria contains a concise description of the age-old knowledge, as well as authoritative scientific information that parallels the rapid increase in scientific understanding. This comprehensive book has been designed with a broad and diverse readership in mind, including students, educators, and prevention and treatment practitioners as well as research scientists from a broad range of disciplines. Contributors van der Maesen, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, You-Ping Zhu, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Sangeeta Shukla, Jiwaji University, India, Denis DeKeukeleire, State University of Ghent, Belgium, John L. Ingham, University of Reading, UK, Satoshi Tahara, Hokkaido University, Japan, Yutaka Ebizuka, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Takashi Hakamatsuka, Science University of Tokyo, Japan, Xiang-Shu Chai, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China, Scott E. Lukas, Harvard Medical School, USA, Chun-Kowk Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Junei Kinjo and Toshihiro Nohara, Kumamoto University, Japan, Keisuke Ohsawa and Takaaki Yasuda, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Japan, Anwar Jardine, Pharm-ECO Laboratories Inc., USA, Guang-Yao Gao, Harvard Medical School, USA, Haruki Yamada, The Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan, Robert D. Tanner, Vanderbilt University, USA, Ales Prokop, Rhizoma Corporation, Alabama, USA, Kathleen S. Lowney, Valdosta State University, Georgia, USA