"Phytoestrogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Compounds derived from plants, primarily ISOFLAVONES that mimic or modulate endogenous estrogens, usually by binding to ESTROGEN RECEPTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D048789
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.399.472.277.540.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Phytoestrogens- Phytoestrogens
- Plant Estrogen
- Estrogen, Plant
- Phytoestrogen
- Plant Estrogens
- Estrogens, Plant
- Phyto-Estrogen
- Phyto Estrogen
Estrogen-Like Plant Extracts- Estrogen-Like Plant Extracts
- Estrogen Like Plant Extracts
- Extracts, Estrogen-Like Plant
- Plant Extracts, Estrogen-Like
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phytoestrogens" by people in Profiles.
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Nutrient pathways and breast cancer risk: the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project. Nutr Cancer. 2013; 65(3):345-54.
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Hormone replacement and breast cancer risk: reconsidering the data. Oncology (Williston Park). 2009 Nov 15; 23(12):1099-100; author reply 1100, 1102.
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Seasonal modulation of post-resection breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Sep; 111(2):219-28.
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Estrogens and environmental estrogens. Biomed Pharmacother. 2002 Feb; 56(1):36-44.
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Ipriflavone, a synthetic phytoestrogen, enhances intestinal calcium transport in vitro. Calcif Tissue Int. 2000 Sep; 67(3):225-9.