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Description :
Genistein is a soy-derived isoflavone and phytoestrogen. Genistein exhibits antioxidant, antiangiogenic, and immunosuppressive activities.
Sources of Exposure: Lupin, fava beans, soybeans, kudzu, miso, psoralea, Flemingia vestita, Flemingia macrophylla
Health Impacts: Reduction in prostate cancer risk and is thought to have other anticancer actions
Health Concerns
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Pubchem: Genistein (Accessed December 2020) Kaufman, P.B. et al., 2007
Nageswara Rao, K. et al., 1983Zhang, Q. et al., 2017