The Man Behind Butea Superba

Dr Wichai Cherdshewasart, a biomedical researcher recognized and honoured around the world at many of the globes most prestigious faculties.

Presently resident at the prestigious Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, he is solely responsible for identifying the active component of Butea Superba, and provided the supporting scientific data and clinical tests, that confirmed its natural ability to dramatically improve erectile function.

In 2003 his landmark human clinical trial was presented to the scientific community for the first time. It was instantly met with rave reviews and praise. His work was quickly validated by leading scientific and medical journals around the world.

In 2004, he was nominated for the Royan Institutes prestigious International Biomedical Researcher of the Year Award. This is an annual prize for the outstanding research in reproductive biomedicine and Ethnopharmacology.

In 1999, a research team at Ramathibodi Hospital got together with the team from the Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine. It was financially supported by the Thai Traditional Medicine Foundation and technical support from Department of Medical Sciences at the Ministry of Public Health. The team started animal testing trials for acute and semi-chronic toxicology of Butea Superba produced by Dr. Cherdshewasart. The data obtained will be used in the future in designing the clinical testing on humans.

Dr Wichai, as he is known, has numerous scientific degrees, but he is really considered an Ethno-pharmacologist- Ethnopharmacology is the study the biological properties of plants and plant components as potential medicinal remedies. Many valuable drugs in the world today (taxol, atropine, ephedrine, tubocurarine, digoxin, morphine, guanidine, physostigmine) all came into use through the study of indigenous plant remedies.

The world's largest pharmaceutical companies employ many ethno pharmacologists and chemists who continue to use plant-derived drugs as prototypes from which they can then bring to market the synthetic derivative.

Through his research Dr Wichai developed a unique extraction and preparation process while identifying and isolating the unique active component in Butea Superba that makes it such an effective compound for erectile function issues.

Currently "Dr. Wichai" is a Professor in the Biology department at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, often referred to as "The Harvard of Thailand", for its high academic standards and the accomplishments of its faculty.

Dr. Wichai began his research on Butea Superba in 1991, he traveled all over rural parts of northern Thailand to search for and identify the best, most potent strains of Butea Superba. He achieved this through examining botanical characteristics, chemical analysis, consumption history, toxicology testing, as well as laboratory and non human clinical trails.

In 1998, King Bhumibol of Thailand appointed D. Wichai to Thailand's National Board of Biosafety, a group concerned with protecting and preserving the natural plants that are found only in Thailand. The international organization Greenpeace praised his efforts to ban genetically modified foods from Thailand in one of their recent high-profile international campaigns.

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