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isoflavone

isoflavone noun: any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.

Noun

isoflavone (plural isoflavones)

  1. Any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.
    • The presence of isoflavones has also led to the worry that soy might negatively affect fertility or give men more feminine characteristics. […] And while it’s true that the isoflavones in soy can weakly mimic estrogen, he added, they also seem to have anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant...2023 April 4, Alice Callahan, “How Healthy Is Tofu?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of isoflavone

pluralisoflavones

Origin of isoflavone

From iso- + flavone.

Words formed from isoflavone

Questions about isoflavone

What does isoflavone mean?
Isoflavone means any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.
What part of speech is isoflavone?
Isoflavone is a noun.
What is the plural of isoflavone?
The plural of isoflavone is isoflavones.

Words near isoflavone in the dictionary

  1. isoflavanoid
  2. isoflavanone
  3. isoflavans
  4. isoflavene
  5. isoflavenes
  6. isoflavone
  7. isoflavones
  8. isoflavonoid
  9. isoflavonoids
  10. isoflavonol
  11. isoflavonols

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