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Endocrine disruption by dietary phyto-oestrogens: impact on dimorphic sexual systems and behaviours

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, July 2016
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Title
Endocrine disruption by dietary phyto-oestrogens: impact on dimorphic sexual systems and behaviours
Published in
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, July 2016
DOI 10.1017/s0029665116000677
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Authors

Heather B. Patisaul

Abstract

A wide range of health benefits have been ascribed to soya intake including a lowered risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, breast cancer, and menopausal symptoms. Because it is a hormonally active diet, however, soya can also be endocrine disrupting, suggesting that intake has the potential to cause adverse health effects in certain circumstances, particularly when exposure occurs during development. Consequently, the question of whether or not soya phyto-oestrogens are beneficial or harmful to human health is neither straightforward nor universally applicable to all groups. Possible benefits and risks depend on age, health status, and even the presence or absence of specific gut microflora. As global consumption increases, greater awareness and consideration of the endocrine-disrupting properties of soya by nutrition specialists and other health practitioners is needed. Consumption by infants and small children is of particular concern because their hormone-sensitive organs, including the brain and reproductive system, are still undergoing sexual differentiation and maturation. Thus, their susceptibility to the endocrine-disrupting activities of soya phyto-oestrogens may be especially high. As oestrogen receptor partial agonists with molecular and cellular properties similar to anthropogenic endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A, the soya phyto-oestrogens provide an interesting model for how attitudes about what is 'synthetic' v. what is 'natural,' shapes understanding and perception of what it means for a compound to be endocrine disrupting and/or potentially harmful. This review describes the endocrine-disrupting properties of soya phyto-oestrogens with a focus on neuroendocrine development and behaviour.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 201 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 37 18%
Student > Bachelor 29 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 9%
Researcher 18 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 4%
Other 33 16%
Unknown 59 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 26 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 23 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 22 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 13 6%
Other 32 16%
Unknown 71 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 86. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 December 2023.
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#501,242
of 25,546,214 outputs
Outputs from Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
#56
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Outputs of similar age
#9,978
of 371,128 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
#4
of 19 outputs
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