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formononetin

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formononetin
an isoflavone found in clovers which is converted in the rumen into a potent estrogen, equol. Formononetin itself has no estrogenic potency.


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Following objections submitted by 10 European groups and by Israel-based Solbar, the EPO restricted claims, wherein the isoflavone phytoestrogen extract comprises genistein and daidzein (aglycones) from soybeans, and biochanin A or formononetin in red clover, "in a ratio of about 1:2 to 2:1.
Red clover flower heads contain many hormone-like flavonoids, including isoflavone, daidzein, genistein, formononetin, biochanin, sitosterol, and coumestrol, a particularly strong phytoestrogen (six times more active than the one in soy).
Included are isoflavones (genistein and daidzein), coumestrol, formononetin, biochanin A and lignans.
 
 
 
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