ABSTRACT

The second mechanism is that these isoflavones may alter cerebral blood flow that somehow affects the amount of ethanol that enters (or remains in) the brain. Evidence for this hypothesis is scarce although there is an approved intravenous preparation of one of the kudzu isoflavones, puerarin, that is used as a vasodilator in China to “expand coronary arteries and brain blood vessels, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and improve micro-circulation.”