Product Description: (±)-Equol (Standard) is the analytical standard of (±)-Equol. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. (±)-Equol is the racemate of equol. (±)-equol exhibits EC50s of 200 and 74 nM for human ERα and ERβ, respectively. Equol is a metabolite of the soy isoflavones, daidzin and daidzein.
Formula: C15H14O3
References: [1]Axelson M, et al. The identification of the weak oestrogen equol [7-hydroxy-3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)chroman] in human urine. Biochem J. 1982 Feb 1;201(2):353-7./[2]Setchell KD, et al. S-equol, a potent ligand for estrogen receptor beta, is the exclusive enantiomeric form of the soy isoflavone metabolite produced by human intestinal bacterial flora. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 May;81(5):1072-9. human intestinal bacterial flora./[3]Wang J, et al. Equol promotes rat osteoblast proliferation and differentiation through activating estrogen receptor. Genet Mol Res. 2014 Jul 4;13(3):5055-63./[4]Gimenez I,et al. Renal and vascular actions of equol in the rat. J Hypertens. 1997 Nov;15(11):1303-8./[5]Choi EJ, et al. Anticancer mechanism of equol in 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-treated animals. Int J Oncol. 2011 Sep;39(3):747-54./[6]Charoenthongtrakul S, et al. Enhanced gastrointestinal motility with orally active ghrelin receptor agonists. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2009;329(3):1178-1186.
CAS Number: 94105-90-5
Molecular Weight: 242.274
Research Area: Cancer; Neurological Disease; Cardiovascular Disease
Target: Drug Metabolite;Estrogen Receptor/ERR;Reference Standards
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