Previous epidemiological reports have suggested that red wine intake is associated with
beneficial health effects due to the ability of certain phytochemical components to exert …

Phytoestrogens are a chemically diverse group of compounds made by plants that can have
estrogenic effects in animals. Both tumorigenic and antitumorigenic effects have been …

The discovery that the hop constituent 8-prenylnaringenin (8PN) shows potent estrogenic
activity, higher than that of the known phytoestrogens coumestrol, genistein and daidzein …

Objective To explore the effect and pathway of phytoestrogens in vitro on the growth of both
normal and malignant breast cells. Methods Normal breast MCF-10A cells and breast …

High consumption of phytoestrogen-rich food correlates with reduced incidence of breast
cancer. However, the effect of phytoestrogens on growth of pre-existing breast tumors …

Certain populations, eg the French and the Greek, suffer little heart disease despite a diet
which is relatively high in fat. It has been proposed that regular consumption of red wine in …

Background: Several secondary metabolites from herbal nutrient products act as weak
estrogens (phytoestrogens), competing with endogenous estrogen for binding to the …

Hepatic expression of apolipoprotein (apo) II is in part modulated by estrogen-mediated
stabilization of its mRNA. This stabilization is due to the estrogen-regulated mRNA …

Resveratrol (Res) is a phytoestrogen found in grapes and present in red wine. Res has been
shown to function as an estrogen receptor (ER) agonist, but it remains unclear whether it …

Members of the flavonoid class of phytochemicals have previously been demonstrated to
possess estrogenic activity in a number of hormonally responsive systems. We have …