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Phytoestrogen vs Formononetin - What's the difference?

phytoestrogen | formononetin |

As nouns the difference between phytoestrogen and formononetin

is that phytoestrogen is (biochemistry) any of a range of various compounds found in plants that function similarly to estrogens while formononetin is (organic chemistry) an isoflavone and phytoestrogen found in plants such as clover and cohosh, converted to equol, an estrogen, in the digestive system.

phytoestrogen

English

Noun

(wikipedia phytoestrogen) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a range of various compounds found in plants that function similarly to estrogens.

    • See also

    * isoflavone * xenoestrogen

    formononetin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) An isoflavone and phytoestrogen found in plants such as clover and cohosh, converted to equol, an estrogen, in the digestive system.