31-03-2010, 00:26
Accidental_booby,
You are well named. When operating under a misunderstanding and obtaining success, it can only be an accident.
The phytoestrogens, so called, are not plant estrogens. They are not any kind of estrogens and are not converted to estrogen or any other hormone in the body that I am aware of.
Good so far?
They operate because they are similar in molecular structure to real estrogen, and as such, they dock (specifically, they "bind weakly") to receptor sites on the surface of cells that have receptor sites which are meant for estrogen. Since they are "close enough" in structure, they fit. It is not unlike a skeleton key. Some action the RNA sequence for that cell, some don't. Diosgenin is close to estrogen in its molecular structure. Fenugreek has the most diosgenin content of any herb tested at the time that the discovery was made.
Now you can change your name.
Wahaika
You are well named. When operating under a misunderstanding and obtaining success, it can only be an accident.
The phytoestrogens, so called, are not plant estrogens. They are not any kind of estrogens and are not converted to estrogen or any other hormone in the body that I am aware of.
Good so far?
They operate because they are similar in molecular structure to real estrogen, and as such, they dock (specifically, they "bind weakly") to receptor sites on the surface of cells that have receptor sites which are meant for estrogen. Since they are "close enough" in structure, they fit. It is not unlike a skeleton key. Some action the RNA sequence for that cell, some don't. Diosgenin is close to estrogen in its molecular structure. Fenugreek has the most diosgenin content of any herb tested at the time that the discovery was made.
Now you can change your name.
Wahaika