Kava and Pacific health.
- v, 344 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
- Anthology series / Pacific Health Research Council ; no. 2 .
- Anthology series (Suva, Fiji) .
A compilation of papers that have been previously published.
Includes bibliographical references.
Kava kava : gift of the islands / Kava : an overview / Parameters of kava used as a challenge to alcohol / Kava alcohol and tobacco consumption among Tongans with urbanization / Kava drinking in Vanuatu / Research bibliography of alcohol and kava studies / The function of kava in modern Samoan culture / Kava update no. 1 / Highlights of the chemistry and pharmacology of yaqona / Characterization and physiological activity of some kava constituents / Ethnopharmacologic search for psychoactive drugs (Chairman's introduction) / Pharmacology of kava / Pharmacology of kava / Discussion on kava / Studies on kava carbohydrates / Gas-liquid chromatographic determination of major constituents of Piper methysticum / Efficacy of extraction of constituents in the preparation of yaqona beverage / Quality evaluation og yaqona (Piper methysticum) in Fiji / Yaqona research : some facts / The chemistry and pharmacology of kava (Piper methysticum) / R. N. Duve -- Development of tolerance to kava in mice / Central activity of aqueous extracts of Piper methysticum (kava) / Antistrychnine potency of pyrone compounds of the kava root / Extract of kava (Piper methysticum) and its methysticin constituents protect brain tissue against ischemic damage in rodents / Effects of kava on neuromuscular transmission and muscle contractility / Antimicrobial activity and anti-complement activity of extracts obtained from selected Hawaiian medicinal plants / Antithrombotic action of the kava pyrone (+)-kavain prepared from Piper methysticum on human platelets / Effect of kava in normal subjects and patients / Macabre effects of a "cult" for kava / Effects of the heavy usage of kava on physical health : summary of a pilot survey in an aboriginal community / Kava and the Australian aborigine / Kava and kava diseases in Western Samoa / Medical aspects of yaqona / The adverse effects of kava / Kava-induced dermopathy : a niacin deficiency? / The correlation between cancer incidence and kava consumption / The relationship between sakau (kava) and gastritis / Kava : a safe herbal treatment for anxiety / Some visual effects caused by the beverage kava / Kava - the unfolding story : report on a work-in-progress / Response to reported hepatotoxicity of high lactone extractions of Piper methysticum Forst. (kava) / Gary Piscopo -- Yadhu N. Singh -- John Cawte -- Sitaleka A. Finau, John M. Stanhope, Ian A. M. Prior -- Robert F. Grace -- Mac Marshall -- Lowell D. Holmes -- E. J. Minchinton, T. F. Holo -- R. N. Duve -- R. Hänsel -- Georg E. Cronheim -- Hans J. Meyer -- Joseph P. Buckley, Angelo R. Furgiuele, Maureen J. O'Hara -- Geor E. Ronheim ... [et al.] -- Subramaniam Sotheeswaran, Mirja R. Sharif, Wilfred T. Mabusela -- R. N. Duve -- R. N. Duve, J. Prasad -- Ram N. Duve, Jagendra Prasad -- R. N. Duve -- P. H. Duffield, D. Jamieson -- A. Furgiuele ... [et al.] -- R. Kretzschmar, H. J. Teschendor -- Cord Backhauss, Josef Krieglstein -- Y. N. Singh -- C. P. Locher ... [et al.] -- Johannes Gleitz ... [et al.] -- Carl C. Pfeiffer, Henry B. Murphree, Leonide Goldstein -- John Cawte -- John D. Mathews ... [et al.] -- Subramaniam Sotheeswaran -- Elizabeth Minchinton, John F. Brown -- A. S. Frater -- Ruci Kava -- Patricia Ruze -- Gregory G. Steiner -- Janice Ngirasowei, Joji Malani -- Kerry Bone -- Leon F. Garner, Jeremy D. Klinger -- Alison Denham, Michael McIntyre, Julie Whitehouse -- Peter Whitton, Julie Whitehouse, Christine Evans. Overview and epidemiology of kava -- Pharmacology of kava -- Kava and animal models -- General health effects of kava -- Some specific health effects of kava --