Herbs with alcohol intake suppressive agents ... - Kudzu and the discovery of daidzin and its anti-dipsotropic activity
Kudzu has diadzin a substance that has shown to reduce alcohol consumption in all lab test results.
Definition:
aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), the major enzyme involved in the detoxification of acetaldehyde,
the primary and highly reactive metabolic intermediate of ethanol(alcohol) metabolism.
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A. Anti-Dipsotropic Activity of Daidzin and Crude Extract of RP
For more than a millennium, extracts containing RP or FP have been used apparently safely and
effectively for the treatment of ‘‘alcohol addiction’’ in China.
in 1993 proof of anti-dipsotropic effects of daidzin (A substance found in kudzu) -- 12 At a dose of 1.5 g/kg/day, i.p., a crude alcoholic extract of RP
reduced hamster ethanol intake by more than 50%
Intake of Kudzu may help reduce alcohol consumption in those with abusive consumption of alcohol.
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