Soy isoflavone
Molecular formula: C15H10O2
Molecular weight : 222.24
C.A.S # : 574-12-9
Formulation: Straw yellow porwer
Purity: 30%-99%
Description:
Soy isoflavones are naturaly present in the soy bean. The soy bean (Glycine max) has been known to man kind in its original area, Asia for 5000 years. Soy was considered as one of the 5 holy crops, besides rice, wheat, barley and millet.Soy has been used in the Western world only since the 20th century.
Soy bean is a leguminous plants like peas or green beans. Soybeans can bind nitrogen from the air in the soil. Soy can be grown on a variety of soils and a wide range of climates, ranging form tropical Brazil to the snowy island Hokkaido in Japan. The soy bean plant is an erect hairy plant of about 0.7 to 1.4 m with large trifoliate leaves, white or flowers and pods with only one to four seeds. The soy beans are almost spherical in shape and are light yellow coloured, although some varieties are green, brown or black.
Medicinal Functions:
1.Soy isoflavones are known as phytoestrongens(plant estrogens),singnifying their mild estrogenic activity, it can compensate estrogen for menopausal womaen,so as to reduce or avoid menopausal syndrome.
2.Soy isoflavones has the speciality of plant estrogen reaction,which can integrate with the ER of the broken bone and reduce broken bone cells reaction ,so as to control bone absorption It is beneficial for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis for menopausal women.
3.Soy isoflavones provide beneficial effects for the prevention and treatment of breast, colon and prostate cancers, cardiovascular diseases |