Sentences with phrase «with estrogenic effect»

These are chemical compounds that are structurally similar to estrogen, so when they enter the body, they behave with estrogenic effect on the reproductive system function.

Not exact matches

Chemicals with estrogenic activity «have been reported to have potential adverse health effects in mammals, including humans, especially in fetal and infant states,» says Dr. George Bittner, a professor of neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin who has served on many National Institutes of Health panels.

By that I mean you can take 10 estrogenic chemicals at doses that on their own don't have an effect, but if you add them together, you end up with problems.

Elbek criticized the panel for rushing through the evidence of soy genistein's phyto - toxicity and for largely disregarding damaging effects caused by daidzein (metabolite equol) and glycitein, individually or in combination with other estrogenic endocrine disruptors.

The increase may also have to do with excessive exposure to xenoestrogens, chemicals such as pesticides which have estrogenic effects on the body.

Such herbs should be used with caution, as clinical studies have not yet determined the long - term effects of estrogenic herbs on health.

See: Interaction of estrogenic chemicals and phytoestrogens with estrogen receptor β Soy isoflavone genistein has about 4 % of 17β - estradiol's affinity for estrogen receptor α, responsible for estrogen's feminizing effects, and 87 % of its affinity for ERβ, which acts as a tumor suppressor.

«Clear evidence of adverse effects of genistein in studies with gestational, lactational and post-weaning treatment,» and that «Daidzein has estrogenic activity of its own.»

A significant number of people are becoming increasingly sensitive to low exposures to 2,4 - D and many other chemicals.16 This increasing sensitivity may be due to a combination effect of simultaneous exposure to estrogenic nonylphenols15 mixed with locally sprayed herbicides, which are also highly estrogenic, and to antiandrogenic wind drift fungicides, 17 as well as to many other airborne chemicals.

The efficiency of these ingredients is believed to be due to their estrogenic effect, but recent studies show that this is not the case with black cohosh.

Apparently, they contain anti-nutrients like phytic acid that interfere with mineral absorption, have a goitrogenic effect, and are also xeno - estrogenic and act to reduce libido and inhibit fertility.

These findings are consistent with an estrogenic hormonal proliferative effect on breast tissue (6 — 10) that is reflected in the amount of dense tissue and breast density (11).

The problem is that parabens are endocrine disruptors, which means that they have an estrogenic effect in the body — they bind to the same cell receptors as our own estrogen but they interfere with our normal, rhythmic, hormonal process.