This study was conducted to investigate the influence of biochanin A (isoflavone characterised by estrogenic activity) upon the growth expressed as number of cells and the content of chlorophyll a and b, total carotenoids, reducing sugars, water-soluble proteins and nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) in the unicellular green alga Chlorella vulgaris, as an experimental model. Biochanin A in a concentratio...