Pueraria mirifica

Isoflavonoids Pueraria mirifica SiOj CHCI3 + MeOH UV 254 nm Estrogenic activity 90... 

Chansakaow, S. et al., Isoflavonoids from Pueraria mirifica and their estrogenic activity, Planta Medica, 66, 572, 2000. 

Corey and Wu utilized PIDA oxidation leading to the quinone monoacetal (126) for the initial step of enantioselective total synthesis of miroestrol (4), which is the folk medicine of southeast Asia, isolated from Pueraria mirifica (Thai kwao keur) [86] (Scheme 5). 

E. have also been isolated from plants, e.g. estrone from pomegranate seeds and date stones, and estriol from willow catkins The roots of a Burmese tree, Pueraria mirifica, contain Mirestrol (see) which has the same E. potency as 17(l-estradiol. 

Mirestrol. miroestmt a potent plant estrogen from the tubers of Pueraria mirifica found in Thailand. The tubers of the plant are known in folk medidne for their rejuvenating and oral contraceptive properties. [N.E.Taylor et al. J. Chem. Soc (1960) 3685 M.CL. Kashemsanta et al. Ken/ Bull. (1952) 549]... 

Cherdshewasart W, Cheewasopit W, Picha P (2004) The differential anti-proliferation effect of white (Pueraria mirifica), red (Butea superba), and black (Mucuna collettii) Kwao Krua plants on the growth of MCF-7 cells. J Ethnopharmacol 93 255-260... 

Thbnilanidhi B, Kalyaisarasena D, 1957 Constituents of the tuberous roots of Pueraria mirifica. Proc Pacific Sci Congr 5. Pacific Sci Assoc, Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 41... 

Chansakaow, S., Ishikawa, T., Seki, H., Sekine, K., Okada, M., and Chaichantipyuth, C., Identification of deoxymiroestrol as the acmal rejuvenating principle of Kwao Keur, Pueraria mirifica. The known mirosterol may be an artifact, J. Nat. Prod., 63,173-175, 2000. 

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