''O''-Desmethylangolensin (O-DMA) is a
phytoestrogen. It is an intestinal bacterial
metabolite
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The term is usually used for small molecules. Metabolites have various functions, including fuel, structure, signaling, stimulatory and inhibitory effects on enzymes, c ...
of the soy phytoestrogen
daidzein.
It produced in some people, deemed ''O-DMA producers'', but not others.
O-DMA producers were associated with 69% greater
mammographic density
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and 6% bone density.
See also
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Equol
Equol (4',7-isoflavandiol) is an isoflavandiolThe structures of 7,4’-dihydroxy-isoflavan and its precursors is shown iStructural Elucidation of Hydroxylated Metabolites of the Isoflavan Equol by GC/MS and HPLC/MSby Corinna E. Rüfer, Hansruedi G ...
References
Dihydrostilbenoids
Phytoestrogens
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