isoflavone

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 properties.

词形变化

isoflavones plural

词源

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor.
English iso-
Latin flāvus
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English flavone
English isoflavone
From iso- + flavone.
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