Soy is a basic food ingredient of traditional Asian cuisine used for thousands of years. In
Western countries, soybeans have been introduced about a hundred years ago and recently …

Phytoestrogens are plant‐derived dietary compounds with structural similarity to 17‐β‐
oestradiol (E2), the primary female sex hormone. This structural similarity to E2 enables …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Cancer survivors are often highly motivated to seek
information about food choices, physical activity, and dietary supplements to improve their …

Polyphenols are the most abundant antioxidants in the diet and are widespread constituents
of fruits, vegetables, cereals, dry legumes, chocolate, and beverages, such as tea, coffee, or …

“Bioactive compounds” are extranutritional constituents that typically occur in small
quantities in foods. They are being intensively studied to evaluate their effects on health. The …

Advances in the flavonoid field have been nothing short of spectacular over the last 20
years. While the medical field has noticed flavonoids for their potential antioxidant …

Legumes play an important role in the traditional diets of many regions throughout the world.
In contrast in Western countries beans tend to play only a minor dietary role despite the fact …

The soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], a native of China, is one of the oldest crops of the Far
East. For centuries, the Chinese and other Oriental people, including Japanese, Korean …

The pharmacokinetic behavior of naturally occurring isoflavones has been determined for
the first time in healthy adults. We compared plasma kinetics of pure daidzein, genistein and …

Phytoestrogens represent a family of plant compounds that have been shown to have both
estrogenic and antiestrogenic properties. A variety of these plant compounds and their …