Isoflavene

Glabrene

2-Methoxyjudaicin

Haginin D

Isoflavenes are a type of isoflavonoids.

Examples

• Glabrene, found in the roots of liquorice, is also a xenoestrogen. ^[1]
• 2-Methoxyjudaicin found in the roots of Cicer bijugum ^[2]
• Haginin D
• Idronoxil, also known as phenoxodiol, which is used for anticancer purposes. ^[3]

References

1. Somjen, D; Katzburg, S; Vaya, J; Kaye, AM; Hendel, D; Posner, GH; Tamir, S (2004). "Estrogenic activity of glabridin and glabrene from licorice roots on human osteoblasts and prepubertal rat skeletal tissues". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 91 (4–5): 241–246. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.04.008. PMID   15336701. S2CID   16238533.
2. Veitch, Nigel C.; Stevenson, Philip C. (1997). "2-Methoxyjudaicin, an isoflavene from the roots of Cicer bijugum". Phytochemistry. 44 (8): 1587–1589. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(96)00757-1.
3. Georgaki, Sylvianna; Skopeliti, Margarita; Tsiatas, Marinos; Nicolaou, Katerina A.; Ioannou, Kyriaki; Husband, Alan; Bamias, Aristotelis; Dimopoulos, Meletios A.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Tsitsilonis, Ourania E. (September 2009). "Phenoxodiol, an anticancer isoflavene, induces immunomodulatory effects in vitro and in vivo". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 13 (9B): 3929–3938. doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2009.00695.x. ISSN   1582-4934. PMC   4516540 . PMID   19220577.