Enterolactone

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Enterolactone is a type of Mammalian Lignan.

 

Health Benefits of Enterolactone

Hair

 Enterolactone may retard the progression of Hair Loss in people with Male Pattern Baldness (due to Enterolactone inhibiting the binding of Dihydrotestosterone (the Hormone believed to cause Male Pattern Baldness) to Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG)).  [1]

 

Immune System

 Enterolactone (in the presence of endogenous Estriol) may inhibit the proliferation of the Cells involved in Cancer - Breast:  [2]

 One of the means by which Enterolactone may act against Breast Cancer is by inhibiting Aromatase enzymes that catalyze the production of Estrogens.

 Enterolactone may inhibit the growth of Cancer - Colon Cells.  [3]

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