Hormones phyto

In order to get recent advances on the effects of phytoestrogens on hormonal-dependent diseases as well as on human supplementation trials, it might be useful to refer to http //www.venus-ca.org/ (EU-funded project on dietary exposure to phytoestrogens and related compounds and effects on skeletal tissues) http //www.phytos.org (EU-funded project on the prevention of osteoporosis by nutritional phytoestrogens) http //www.phytoprevent.org (EU-funded project on the role of phytoestrogens in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer) and http //www.nutrition.tum.de/isoheart.htm (EU-funded project on cardiovascular health of postmenopausal women). 

The sterols like compounds are sometimes refereed to as phyto-estrogens because of hormone like activity. Shatavarins present in Asparagus racemosus has significant anticholinergic activity. 

Phyto hormone Bacterium Molecular formula IUPAC name... 

Poly(c -l,4-isoprene) belongs to the family of polyisoprenoids, which are the most structurally diverse and abundant natural products known, with more than 23,000 primary and secondary metabolites. This huge family comprises, for example, sterols which display not only structural functions (control of biological membrane fluidity) but also hormonal functions (steroid hormones). Key phyto-hormones, such as abscisic acid, gibberellins and cytokinins, are isoprenoids too. Moreover, isoprenoids are used in protein prenylation, which is a key step in the activation and the localization of metabolic enzymes in many organisms. The first common step of all isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways is the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP). ... 

Isoflavones (2) could have their diverse activity such as cancer chemopreventive potential [21], anti-inflammatory activity as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent [22], hormone adjustment effect [23], dietary phyto-oestrogens and bone density [24, 25] and phyto-oestrogens and cardiovascular disease risk [26]. 

Lens culinaris phyto-haemagglutinin Luteinizing hormone... 

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