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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Estrogens > Estrogens, Non-Steroidal > Phytoestrogens

Preferred term

Phytoestrogens  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Estrogen, Plant
  • Estrogens, Plant
  • Phyto Estrogen
  • Phyto-Estrogen
  • Phytoestrogen
  • Plant Estrogen
  • Plant Estrogens

Scope note

  • Compounds derived from plants, primarily ISOFLAVONES that mimic or modulate endogenous estrogens, usually by binding to ESTROGEN RECEPTORS.

History note

  • 2005(1978)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D048789

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