Sometimes
they increase estrogenic activity — depending on the type of estrogen receptor present in this kind of tissue, say, in this case, the skin — and sometimes they increase it, like in the ovaries.
Not exact matches
A scientific research study on eight healthy male volunteers showed that subjects supplementing with 10 mg of boron significantly
increased free (active) testosterone levels and decreased
estrogenic activity as measured by a significant decrease in estradiol after only seven days.
And, because these phytoestrogens do not resemble true estrogen,
estrogenic activity would not actually
increase.
Therefore, administration of drugs that have a combined progestagenic -
estrogenic activity increases the risk of malignant tumors.