Thank you for taking the time to show some references.
There is that one study from 2004 which seems to be getting passed around which supports the idea that PM extracts at 1microg/ml cause proliferation of existing MCF-7 cells, and then at higher concentrations, PM extracts kill those same cancer cells (if I am reading the results correctly). Lotus? In any case, the study in question is only looking at existing cancer situations. The summary page I reference below points out that some of these observed effects do not properly control for variables. For example, these effects appear to be possibly more related to how the extracts are created "(ethanolic extract twice filtered, then extracted with hexane and ethyl acetate)" than to any compound present in the root, according to their evaluation.
I don't imagine there are many people in this sub-forum with existing breast cancer, or taking really low quantities of PM. If you have breast cancer and are taking estrogen or estrogen-like compounds, you will most likely demonstrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
I found http://examine.com/supplements/Pueraria+mirifica/ to be a pretty good summary of PM and its benefits and risks and I thought it had a fairly clear summary of the cancer-related studies.
I do suspect that vaping PM is probably taking some unguessable and seriously unnecessary risks.
There is that one study from 2004 which seems to be getting passed around which supports the idea that PM extracts at 1microg/ml cause proliferation of existing MCF-7 cells, and then at higher concentrations, PM extracts kill those same cancer cells (if I am reading the results correctly). Lotus? In any case, the study in question is only looking at existing cancer situations. The summary page I reference below points out that some of these observed effects do not properly control for variables. For example, these effects appear to be possibly more related to how the extracts are created "(ethanolic extract twice filtered, then extracted with hexane and ethyl acetate)" than to any compound present in the root, according to their evaluation.
I don't imagine there are many people in this sub-forum with existing breast cancer, or taking really low quantities of PM. If you have breast cancer and are taking estrogen or estrogen-like compounds, you will most likely demonstrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
I found http://examine.com/supplements/Pueraria+mirifica/ to be a pretty good summary of PM and its benefits and risks and I thought it had a fairly clear summary of the cancer-related studies.
I do suspect that vaping PM is probably taking some unguessable and seriously unnecessary risks.