Glycinol (pterocarpan)
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Glycinol (pterocarpan)
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Glycinol is a pterocarpan, a type of natural phenol. It is a phytoalexin found in the soybean. It is formed by the cyclisation of daidzein. More recent literature supports that glycinol has potent phytoestrogenic activity. The so-called osteogenesis that is causes is postulated to be a preventative factor for osteoporosis. It can be synthethised chemically and possesses two chiral centers. Glycinol is the direct precursor of glyceollins through the action of a prenyltransferase. Experiments show
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycinol_(pterocarpan)
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2023-12-25T04:51:11Z
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