Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model
Phytoestrogens, polyphenolic compounds derived from plants, are more and more common constituents of human and animal diets. In most of the cases, these chemicals are much less potent than endogenous estrogens but exert their biological effects via similar mechanisms of action. The most common sourc...
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| author | Izabela Wocławek-Potocka Chiara Mannelli Dorota Boruszewska Ilona Kowalczyk-Zieba Tomasz Waśniewski Dariusz J. Skarżyński |
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| description | Phytoestrogens, polyphenolic compounds derived from plants, are more and more common constituents of human and animal diets. In most of the cases, these chemicals are much less potent than endogenous estrogens but exert their biological effects via similar mechanisms of action. The most common source of phytoestrogen exposure to humans as well as ruminants is soybean-derived foods that are rich in the isoflavones genistein and daidzein being metabolized in the digestive tract to even more potent metabolites—para-ethyl-phenol and equol. Phytoestrogens have recently come into considerable interest due to the increasing information on their adverse effects in human and animal reproduction, increasing the number of people substituting animal proteins with plant-derived proteins. Finally, the soybean becomes the main source of protein in animal fodder because of an absolute prohibition of bone meal use for animal feeding in 1995 in Europe. The review describes how exposure of soybean-derived phytoestrogens can have adverse effects on reproductive performance in female adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc65ef5db8c24434923b62e0a5b814722025-02-03T05:59:12ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452013-01-01201310.1155/2013/650984650984Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a ModelIzabela Wocławek-Potocka0Chiara Mannelli1Dorota Boruszewska2Ilona Kowalczyk-Zieba3Tomasz Waśniewski4Dariusz J. Skarżyński5Department of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10 Street, 10-747 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10 Street, 10-747 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10 Street, 10-747 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10 Street, 10-747 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Warmia and Masuria, Zolnierska 14 C St., 10-561 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10 Street, 10-747 Olsztyn, PolandPhytoestrogens, polyphenolic compounds derived from plants, are more and more common constituents of human and animal diets. In most of the cases, these chemicals are much less potent than endogenous estrogens but exert their biological effects via similar mechanisms of action. The most common source of phytoestrogen exposure to humans as well as ruminants is soybean-derived foods that are rich in the isoflavones genistein and daidzein being metabolized in the digestive tract to even more potent metabolites—para-ethyl-phenol and equol. Phytoestrogens have recently come into considerable interest due to the increasing information on their adverse effects in human and animal reproduction, increasing the number of people substituting animal proteins with plant-derived proteins. Finally, the soybean becomes the main source of protein in animal fodder because of an absolute prohibition of bone meal use for animal feeding in 1995 in Europe. The review describes how exposure of soybean-derived phytoestrogens can have adverse effects on reproductive performance in female adults.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/650984 |
| spellingShingle | Izabela Wocławek-Potocka Chiara Mannelli Dorota Boruszewska Ilona Kowalczyk-Zieba Tomasz Waśniewski Dariusz J. Skarżyński Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model International Journal of Endocrinology |
| title | Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model |
| title_full | Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model |
| title_fullStr | Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model |
| title_short | Diverse Effects of Phytoestrogens on the Reproductive Performance: Cow as a Model |
| title_sort | diverse effects of phytoestrogens on the reproductive performance cow as a model |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/650984 |
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