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equol

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equol
isoflavan.


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Studies in Japan have documented a link between milder menopausal symptoms in equol producers as compared to non-producers, but efficacy studies of S-equol, and of SE5-OH containing Natural S-equol, have been limited.
This may be due to the conversion by intestinal flora of daidzein into its active metabolite equol, and by the fact that only one-third of Caucasian women can metabolize isoflavones into equol, whereas more than half of Asian women possess this ability.
Materials and methods The cells culture and equol treatment Human breast cancers MCF-7 and MDA-MB-453 cells were purchased from the KCLB (Korean Cell Line Bank, Korea).
 
 
 
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