CONTEXT Isolated soy protein reduces plasma concentrations of total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. OBJECTIVE To identify the agent(s) responsible for the cholesterol-lowering effect of soy in mildly hypercholesterolemic volunteers: isoflavones isolated together with soy protein or soy protein itself. DESIGN Double-blind randomized parallel trial. SETTING Single-center stud...

Isoflavones of the red and Hungarian clover possible impact on animal diet | Mirjana Petrovic, Dejan Sokolović, Snežana Babić, Tomáš Vymyslický, Jordan Marković, Vladimir Zornić, Zora Dajić-Stevanović Agricultural Journals

Objectives: If and to what extent soy protein, soy isoflavones, and their metabolites, including S(Y)-equol, have beneficial effects on women_s health is currently unclear. The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)/Utian Translational Science Symposium on Soy and Soy Isoflavones convened October 9-10, 2010, to clarify basic and clinical research findings as they relate to the risk and benefit...

Endothelial dysfunction is widely considered as a prognostic marker of future cardiovascular events in clinical settings, even in patients who do not have untoward symptoms of cardiovascular disease. Thus, treatments aimed at restoring endothelial dysfunction have important implications Many studies have demonstrated that supplementary treatments can improve endothelial function. These favourab...

Abstract Isoflavones and rutin are important bioactive compounds found in soybean plants. These widely known to have beneficial effects on human health contribute plant defense against herbivores. To support studies related conventional or genetic improvement of plants through the selection with high levels compounds, two highly sensitive promising methodologies based voltammetry been optimized...

Soya isoflavones, genistein and daidzein, are the focus of numerous studies investigating their potential effects on health and results remain controversial. Bioavailability is clearly a crucial factor influencing their bioefficacy and could explain these discrepancies. This study aimed at assessing: (1) the isoflavone content of sixty-nine European soya-derivative products sold on the French m...

This study aimed to investigate the bioavailability of serum isoflavones after the intake of soymilk fermented by Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota containing 32.5% isoflavone aglycones (FSM) or placebo soymilk containing no isoflavone aglycones (SM). In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-dose, crossover trial, 7 healthy premenopausal Japanese women (mean age: 35.3 ± 11.0) consumed FSM...

BACKGROUND Clinical trial data and the results of a meta-analysis suggest a hypocholesterolemic effect of soy protein. The effect may be partially attributable to the isoflavones in soy. Few studies have examined the separate effects of soy protein and isoflavones. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the effect of soy protein and isoflavones on plasma lipid concentrations i...

Dietary phytochemical compounds, including isoflavones and isothiocyanates, may inhibit cancer development but have not yet been examined in prospective epidemiologic studies of ovarian cancer. The authors have investigated the association between consumption of these and other nutrients and ovarian cancer risk in a prospective cohort study. Among 97,275 eligible women in the California Teacher...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the common gastrointestinal disorders with unknown etiology. In experimental models, it is proposed that soy isoflavones may suppress the clinical and psychological symptoms of IBS by alteration of gut barrier tight junctions. METHODS We conducted this study to evaluate the effects of soy isoflavones on IBS symptoms and patients' quality of li...