Monday, July 8, 2019

Isoflavone

Isoflavone is a substituted derivative of isoflavone. These are the special type of naturally occurring isoflavonoids. These are  act as phytoestrogens in mammals. Isoflavones are produced  by the members of the Fabaceae family. Risk from high intake of isoflavones, such as in women with  breast cancer.



Isoflavone differs from flavone  in location of the phenyl group.
 Soybeans are the most common source of isoflavones in human food.The major isoflavones in soybean are genistein and daidzein. 



Reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoflavone

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