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genistein

/d͡ʒəˈnɪ.sti.ɪn/

genistein noun: a pale yellow isoflavone derivative C₁₅H₁₀O₅ originally obtained from dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria) and also present as a glycoside in soybeans and other leguminous plants, which has antioxidant, estrogenic, and other physiological effects in humans and animals.

genistein: a pale yellow isoflavone derivative C₁₅H₁₀O₅ originally obtained from dyer's broom (Genista...
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Noun

genistein (uncountable)

  1. A pale yellow isoflavone derivative C₁₅H₁₀O₅ originally obtained from dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria) and also present as a glycoside in soybeans and other leguminous plants, which has antioxidant, estrogenic, and other physiological effects in humans and animals.
    • Genistein (4'5, 7-trihydroxyisoflavone) occurs as a glycoside (genistin) in the plant family Leguminosae, which includes the soybean (Glycine max).2004, Mepur H. Ravindranath, Sakunthala Muthugounder, Naftali Presser, Subramanian Viswanathan, "Anticancer Therapeutic Potential of Soy Isoflavone, Genistein", Edwin Lowell Cooper, Nobuo Yamaguchi...
    • Dietarily-relevant, low micromolar concentrations of genistein and lycopene were found to be effective mitigators against the genomic instability present in the MCF-7, MDA-MB-468, and BT-474 breast cancer cells.2008, Audrey King Batoon, Prevention of Genomic Instability by the Dietary Antimutagens Genistein and Lycopene, PhD thesis, page 163

Origin of genistein

From Translingual Genista + English -ein.

Questions about genistein

What does genistein mean?
Genistein means a pale yellow isoflavone derivative C₁₅H₁₀O₅ originally obtained from dyer's broom (Genista tinctoria) and also present as a glycoside in soybeans and other leguminous plants, which has antioxidant, estrogenic, and other physiological effects in humans and animals.
What part of speech is genistein?
Genistein is a noun.
How do you pronounce genistein?
Genistein is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈnɪ.sti.ɪn/.

Words near genistein in the dictionary

  1. genisaro
  2. genisaros
  3. genism
  4. genista
  5. genistas
  6. genistein
  7. genistin
  8. genistoid
  9. genistoids
  10. genit
  11. genital

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