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Phytoestrogens

Known as: Plant Estrogens, Plant Estrogen, Estrogens, Plant 
Compounds derived from plants, primarily ISOFLAVONES that mimic or modulate endogenous estrogens, usually by binding to ESTROGEN RECEPTORS.
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (9)

8-prenylnaringeninCoumestrolEquolGenistein

Broader (3)

Estrogens, SyntheticPlant ExtractsPlant Growth Regulators
Glycine maxIn Bloodagonistsantagonists & inhibitors

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Review
2002
Review
2002
Beneficial role of dietary phytoestrogens in obesity and diabetes.
Evidence is emerging that dietary phytoestrogens play a beneficial role in obesity and diabetes. Nutritional intervention studies… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Bioactive compounds in foods: their role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Biological effects of resveratrol.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Interaction of Estrogenic Chemicals and Phytoestrogens with Estrogen Receptor β.
The rat, mouse and human estrogen receptor (ER) exists as two subtypes, ERα and ERβ, which differ in the C-terminal ligand… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Interaction of estrogenic chemicals and phytoestrogens with estrogen receptor beta.
The rat, mouse and human estrogen receptor (ER) exists as two subtypes, ER alpha and ER beta, which differ in the C-terminal… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Phytoestrogens: the biochemistry, physiology, and implications for human health of soy isoflavones.
  • K. Setchell
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • 1998
  • Corpus ID: 6287217
The importance of estrogens in homeostatic regulation of many cellular and biochemical events is well illustrated by the… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Potential Health Benefits of Dietary Phytoestrogens: A Review of the Clinical, Epidemiological, and Mechanistic Evidence1
Phytoestrogens represent a family of plant compounds that have been shown to have both estrogenic and antiestrogenic properties… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Dietary phytoestrogens.
Broadly defined, phytoestrogens include isoflavones, coumestans, and lignans. A number of these compounds have been identified in… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
A REVIEW OF THE CLINICAL EFFECTS OF PHYTOESTROGENS
Objective To review the sources, metabolism, potencies, and clinical effects of phytoestrogens on humans. Data Sources The… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Phytoestrogens: epidemiology and a possible role in cancer protection.
Because many diseases of the Western Hemisphere are hormone-dependent cancers, we have postulated that the Western diet, compared… 
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