Flaxseed and the effect of his compound on human breast cell

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Fernandes, Pedro L.¹  Hospital Adventista Silvestre, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil¹  Barbosa, Leandro A.¹  Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil¹  Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Divinópolis, Brasil¹  Cordeiro, Rosângela¹ 

关键词: Linum usitatisimum;    Linaceae;    human breast cancer;    phytoestrogens;    flaxseed;    lignans estrogenic;    anti-estrogenic activity.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-695X2009000500013

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia

【 摘 要 】

The breast cancer is a disease that affects especially women, and according to statistics, this is increasing with certain frequency in western country and it has been concerning the scientific society. This disease is associated with various factors of risk, and diets have being considered a factor that has promoted breast cancer. Food rich in functional substances has drawn attention, because phytoestrogens have showed, through experimental studies, beneficial properties for health and appeared to contribute for the decrease of breast cancer risk. Food with flaxseed has been object of study, because it contains substances called chemoprotective and its chemistry structure resembles human estrogens and competes with its link site. According to the experimental studies made in animals and humans, flaxseed is rich in lignans and other components, that seem to have weak estrogenic/antiestrogenic effect showing to exert influence in the decreasing of breast cancer risk.

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