Daidzein

Article number:

7500686

CAS No.:

486-66-8

Formula:

C15H10O4

Synonyms:

4',7-Dihydroxyisoflavone; Isoaurostatin

Molecular weight:

254,24 g/mol

A phytoestrogen which is suggested to be important in preventing hormone-induced cancers.

Plant: soybean (Glycine max)

  • From jap. daidzu obsolete for daizu (大豆), “soybean.”
  • There are several lines of evidence that daidzein, as well as another isoflavone (genistein), down-regulates transcription of the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), which normally degrades estradiol.

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