More on Phytoestrogens for Women

The dicitonary definition of phytoestrogens is one of the following: A naturally occurring compound of plants, such as soybeans, or plant products, such as whole grain cereals, that acts like estrogen in the body. or a chemical compound (as genistein) that occurs naturally in plants and has estrogenic properties Genisteing is mentioned in one of the definitions above. Genistein is actually a very powerful form of phytoestrogen, and there has even been much interest in the possible cancer treatment and prevention properties of the Genistein strain of phytoestrogens. Genistein is defined as the following: An isoflavone C15H10O5 found especially in soybeans and shown in laboratory experiments to have antitumor activity And in the CancerWeb definition they have this to say about the Genisteing (soybean derived form) of phytoestrogens: An isoflavonoid derived from soy products. It inhibits protein-tyrosine kinase and topoisomerase-II (DNA topoisomerase (ATP-hydrolysing)) activity and is used as an antineoplastic and antitumour agent. Experimentally, it has been shown to induce g2 phase arrest in human and murine cell lines. Pharmacological action: anticarcinogenic agents, antineoplastic agent, enzyme inhibitors, growth inhibitors, parasympatholytics.