Phytoestrogens are plant‐derived dietary compounds with structural similarity to 17‐β‐ oestradiol (E2), the primary female sex hormone. This structural similarity to E2 enables …
The concept of 'lifestyle 'includes different factors such as nutrition, behavior, stress, physical activity, working habits, smoking and alcohol consumption. Increasing evidence shows that …
A Kurek-Górecka, A Rzepecka-Stojko, M Górecki… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a potential source of natural antioxidants such as phenolic acids and flavonoids. Its wide biological effects have been known and used since antiquity. In the modern world …
SW Choi, S Friso - Advances in nutrition, 2010 - Elsevier
Nutrients can reverse or change epigenetic phenomena such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, thereby modifying the expression of critical genes associated with …
In recent years, interest in natural products such as alternative sources of pharmaceuticals for numerous chronic diseases, including tumors, has been renewed. Propolis, a natural …
Epigenetics refers to heritable changes that are not encoded in the DNA sequence itself, but play an important role in the control of gene expression. In mammals, epigenetic …
TM Hardy, TO Tollefsbol - Epigenomics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A number of bioactive dietary components are of particular interest in the field of epigenetics. Many of these compounds display anticancer properties and may play a role in cancer …
Unlike the genome, the epigenome can be modified and hence some epigenetic risk markers have the potential to be reversed. Such modifications take place by means of drugs …
Dietary exposures can have consequences for health years or decades later and this raises questions about the mechanisms through which such exposures are 'remembered'and how …