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Hawai`i Pacific Islands Kava Festival

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International Kava Executive Council

 

Scientific & Cultural Presentations

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1. The activities of the International Kava Executive Council IKEC to remove the kava ban in Europe

   Dr. Joerg Gruenwald
   Executive Director
   International Kava Executive Committee (IKEC)

2. Nonthermal pasteurization for the production of a shelf-stable kava beverage
   
   Mongjan Hsieh and Alvin Huang
   Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
   University of Hawaii at Manoa
   


3. Important Diseases of Kava in Hawaii and Their Integrated Management
   
   Scot Nelson
   Presenter: Scot Nelson
   Affilation: UH-CTAHR PEPS, Cooperative Extension Service, Hilo
   


4. Effects of Kava Alkaloid, Pipermethystine, and Kavalactones on Oxidative Stress and Cytochrome P450 in F-344 Rats

   Presenter: Pratibha V. Nerurkar, Ph.D., Laboratory of Metabolic Disorders and Alternative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

5. Optimizing the extraction of kavalactones during preparation of kava beverage.
   HC Bittenbender, Loren Gautz, and Rachel Li
   Depts of Tropical Plant and Soil Science and Molecular Biosciences and BioEngineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
   


6. Current use and potential of EM Technology to improve kava yield.

   Hiromichi Nago, President
   EM Hawai'i
   Honolulu, Hawai'i

7. Development of an analytical tool for the quality control of kava: Analysis of kavalactones by NIRS
   in Vanuatu - Loren Gautz for V. Lebot
   


8. Kava in Context: Cultural Constructions and Social Negotiations of Risk - JD Baker
   


9. Isolation and Identification of Bacteria from Kava Extract - Padma Kandukuru
   


10. Traditional Kava Beverage Consumption and Liver Function Tests in a Predominantly Tongan Population in Hawaii - Amy Brown