Experiment 67030
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Linum usitatissimum (LINACEAE) |
| Citation | HAGGANS,CJ: TRAVELLI,EJ: THOMAS,W: MARTINI,MC: SLAVIN,JL:. (2000). THE EFFECT OF FLAXSEED AND WHEAT BRAN CONSUMPTION ON URINARY ESTROGEN METABOLITES ON PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN.. 9(7) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | SIXTEEN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WERE STUDIED FOR FOUR FEEDING TREATMENTS LASTING TWO MENSTRUAL CYCLES EACH IN A RANDOMIZED CROSS-OVER DESIGN. DURING THE FOUR FEEDING TREATMENTS, SUBJECTS CONSUMED THEIR USUAL DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH BAKED GOODS CONTAINING NO FLAXSEED OR WHEAT BRAN, 10 G OF FLAXSEED, 28 G OF WHEAT BRAN, OR 10 G OF FLAXSEED PLUS 28 G OF WHEAT BRAN/DAY. URINARY EXCRETION OF 2-HYDROXYESTROGEN AND 16-ALPHA-HYDROXYESTERONE, AS WELL AS THEIR RATIO, 2:16ALPHA-OHE1, WERE MEASURED BY ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY. FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENTATION SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE URINARY 2:16ALPHA-OHEI RATIO BUT WHEAT BRAN HAD NO EFFECT. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT FLAXSEED MAY BE CHEMOPROTECTIVE IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | SEEDS |
| Gender | FEMALE |