Phytoestrogens

The American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines to serve as a foundation for its… Expand

Evidence is emerging that dietary phytoestrogens play a beneficial role in obesity and diabetes. Nutritional intervention studies… Expand

"Bioactive compounds" are extranutritional constituents that typically occur in small quantities in foods. They are being… Expand

Resveratrol (3, 4', 5 trihydroxystilbene) is a naturally occuring phytoalexin produced by some spermatophytes, such as grapevines… Expand

The rat, mouse and human estrogen receptor (ER) exists as two subtypes, ER alpha and ER beta, which differ in the C-terminal… Expand

The rat, mouse and human estrogen receptor (ER) exists as two subtypes, ERα and ERβ, which differ in the C-terminal ligand… Expand

The importance of estrogens in homeostatic regulation of many cellular and biochemical events is well illustrated by the… Expand

Broadly defined, phytoestrogens include isoflavones, coumestans, and lignans. A number of these compounds have been identified in… Expand

Isoflavonoid phytoestrogens and lignans in plants are known to be constituents of animal and human food and recently they have… Expand

The interactions of phytoestrogens with estrogen receptors were studied in the human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7. The… Expand