Phytoandrogen

Phytoandrogens are substances produced in plants which have effects similar to testosterone in animals.

Examples

  • Triterpenoids from the Eucommia ulmoides tree can act as phytoandrogens.[1]
  • Drupanol is a phytoandrogen.[2]

Environmental effects

Phytoandrogens have been implicated in sex-reversal in fish.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ong VY, Tan BK (January 2007). "Novel phytoandrogens and lipidic augmenters from Eucommia ulmoides". BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 7: 3. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-3. PMC 1797194. PMID 17261169.
  2. ^ Eisenman SW, Zaurov DE, Struwe L (2013). Medicinal plants of Central Asia Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (1st ed.). New York, NY: Springer. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4614-3912-7.
  3. ^ Godwin J, Luckenbach JA, Borski RJ (2003). "Ecology meets endocrinology: environmental sex determination in fishes". Evolution & Development. 5 (1): 40–9. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142x.2003.03007.x. PMID 12492408. S2CID 22919234.
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