Researcher:Professor Dr Kanokwan Jarukamjorn
Contact: kanok_ja@kku.ac.th Tel. 080-5856688
Collaborator:PANPB Pharmacy Research Group Khon Kaen University Ministry of Education and Smoking Research Foundation Scholarships, Japan
Patent:
Estrogen depletion is a key factor in bone loss and osteoporosis. Pueraria candollei is used in alternative medicine for Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT). White is widely available Pueraria mirifica contains miroestrol (M) and deoxymiroestrol (DM), an important phytoestrogen. Pueraria Mirifica increases OPG / RANKL gene ratios in osteoclastogenesis pathway. And their effects on CYP1A1, CYP1B1, NQO1 and COMT genes showed a tendency to reduce the associated cancer risk. Enhancement of anti-oxidation and glutathione content Both in the liver and uterus of rats with sex hormone hypothyroidism. The same precautions were taken for hepatotoxicity with estradiol from suppressing the expression of BREP and MRP2 genes in the bile acid transport pathways.
White kwao-crua (Pueraria candollei) has potential to be an ERT that is superior to estradiol. With the same precautions as hepatotoxicity as estradiol.