Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits

Genistein is an isoflavone first isolated from the brooming plant Dyer's Genista tinctoria L. and is widely distributed in the Fabaceae family. As an isoflavone, mammalian genistein exerts estrogen-like functions. Several biological effects of genistein have been reported in preclinical studies...

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Main Authors: Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal, Kamal, Ramla Muhammad, Sunusi, Usman, Sharifi-Rad, Javad, Quispe, Cristina, Imran, Muhammad, Rauf, Abdur, Nadeem, Muhammad, Gondal, Tanweer Aslam, Ahmad, Bashir
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2021/3268136
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spelling my.upm.eprints.974372024-06-19T09:42:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97437/ Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal Kamal, Ramla Muhammad Sunusi, Usman Sharifi-Rad, Javad Quispe, Cristina Imran, Muhammad Rauf, Abdur Nadeem, Muhammad Gondal, Tanweer Aslam Ahmad, Bashir Genistein is an isoflavone first isolated from the brooming plant Dyer's Genista tinctoria L. and is widely distributed in the Fabaceae family. As an isoflavone, mammalian genistein exerts estrogen-like functions. Several biological effects of genistein have been reported in preclinical studies, such as the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiviral activities, the effects of angiogenesis and estrogen, and the pharmacological activities on diabetes and lipid metabolism. The purpose of this review is to provide up-to-date evidence of preclinical pharmacological activities with mechanisms of action, bioavailability, and clinical evidence of genistein. The literature was researched using the most important keyword “genistein” from the PubMed, Science, and Google Scholar databases, and the taxonomy was validated using The Plant List. Data were also collected from specialized books and other online resources. The main positive effects of genistein refer to the protection against cardiovascular diseases and to the decrease of the incidence of some types of cancer, especially breast cancer. Although the mechanism of protection against cancer involves several aspects of genistein metabolism, the researchers attribute this effect to the similarity between the structure of soy genistein and that of estrogen. This structural similarity allows genistein to displace estrogen from cellular receptors, thus blocking their hormonal activity. The pharmacological activities resulting from the experimental studies of this review support the traditional uses of genistein, but in the future, further investigations are needed on the efficacy, safety, and use of nanotechnologies to increase bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy. Wiley 2021-07-19 Article PeerReviewed Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal and Kamal, Ramla Muhammad and Sunusi, Usman and Sharifi-Rad, Javad and Quispe, Cristina and Imran, Muhammad and Rauf, Abdur and Nadeem, Muhammad and Gondal, Tanweer Aslam and Ahmad, Bashir (2021) Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2021 (Special Issue). pp. 1-36. ISSN 1942-0994; ESSN: 1942-0900 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2021/3268136 10.1155/2021/3268136
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description Genistein is an isoflavone first isolated from the brooming plant Dyer's Genista tinctoria L. and is widely distributed in the Fabaceae family. As an isoflavone, mammalian genistein exerts estrogen-like functions. Several biological effects of genistein have been reported in preclinical studies, such as the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiviral activities, the effects of angiogenesis and estrogen, and the pharmacological activities on diabetes and lipid metabolism. The purpose of this review is to provide up-to-date evidence of preclinical pharmacological activities with mechanisms of action, bioavailability, and clinical evidence of genistein. The literature was researched using the most important keyword “genistein” from the PubMed, Science, and Google Scholar databases, and the taxonomy was validated using The Plant List. Data were also collected from specialized books and other online resources. The main positive effects of genistein refer to the protection against cardiovascular diseases and to the decrease of the incidence of some types of cancer, especially breast cancer. Although the mechanism of protection against cancer involves several aspects of genistein metabolism, the researchers attribute this effect to the similarity between the structure of soy genistein and that of estrogen. This structural similarity allows genistein to displace estrogen from cellular receptors, thus blocking their hormonal activity. The pharmacological activities resulting from the experimental studies of this review support the traditional uses of genistein, but in the future, further investigations are needed on the efficacy, safety, and use of nanotechnologies to increase bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy.
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author Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal
Kamal, Ramla Muhammad
Sunusi, Usman
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Quispe, Cristina
Imran, Muhammad
Rauf, Abdur
Nadeem, Muhammad
Gondal, Tanweer Aslam
Ahmad, Bashir
spellingShingle Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal
Kamal, Ramla Muhammad
Sunusi, Usman
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Quispe, Cristina
Imran, Muhammad
Rauf, Abdur
Nadeem, Muhammad
Gondal, Tanweer Aslam
Ahmad, Bashir
Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
author_facet Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal
Kamal, Ramla Muhammad
Sunusi, Usman
Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Quispe, Cristina
Imran, Muhammad
Rauf, Abdur
Nadeem, Muhammad
Gondal, Tanweer Aslam
Ahmad, Bashir
author_sort Abdull Razis, Ahmad Faizal
title Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
title_short Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
title_full Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
title_fullStr Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
title_full_unstemmed Genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
title_sort genistein: an integrative overview of its mode of action, pharmacological properties, and health benefits
publisher Wiley
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97437/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2021/3268136
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