Genistein causes L-arginine/NO-dependent vasodilation in forearm vasculature of human subjects with similar potency to 17beta-estradiol and potentiates endothelium-dependent vasodilation to acetylcholine.

No abstract

Compared with soy protein from which most of the phytoestrogens have been extracted, soy protein with intact phytoestrogens increases HDL-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I concentrations but does not influence LDL-cholesterol, TGF-beta(1), or fibrinogen concentrations; factor VII coagulant activity; or plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 activity in normolipidemic, healthy subjects.

No abstract