Phyto-oestrogens through the life cycle

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Abstract

The growing interest in the role of phyto-oestrogens in human health has prompted scientists to evaluate the risk: benefit which would result from consuming high levels of these compounds at different stages of the life cycle. These compounds have been shown to exert a wide range of hormonal and non-hormonal activities in animals and in vitro, and these activities suggest plausible mechanisms for potential health effects in human subjects consuming phyto-oestrogen-rich diets. In addition, experimental and epidemiological data are available supporting the concept that phyto-oestrogen-rich diets exert physiological effects in vivo; however, their relative importance to human health remains to be elucidated. Our understanding of factors involved in their absorption and metabolism, including the role of intestinal microflora, is limited, and these factors together with dose-related effects may well be important in determining clinical efficacy.

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Cassidy, A., & Faughnan, M. (2000). Phyto-oestrogens through the life cycle. In Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (Vol. 59, pp. 489–496). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665100000719

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