Daidzinisanisoflavonereportedtohaveanti-oxidant,anti-carcinogenic,andanti-artheroscleroticactivities.DaidzinisthemajoractivecomponentofthetrADItionalChinesemedicine(TCM)derivedfromradixpuerariae(Kudzu)thatiscommonlyusedtotreatalcoholabuse.Daidzinisapotentandselectiveinhibitorofmitochondrialaldehydedehydrogenase2(ALDH-2).
Daidzinwasthemostpotentisoflavoneglycosidetestedinmodulatingdifferentiationofbonemarrowstromalcellstowardosteoblastsandawayfromadipocytes.