Isoflavonas de soya y evidencias sobre la protección cardiovascular

摘要: Soya isoflavones represent a group of non-nutritive, bioactive compounds, non-steroidal phenolic nature that are present in soy bean and derived foods. They share with other compounds the capacity binding to estrogenic receptors from different cells tissues so they may act as phytoestrogens. The current interest these comes knowledge Asian populations high levels their consumption prevalence cancer cardiovascular disease is lower, compared Western countries populations. This benefit would be result not only modulation plasma lipids, which widely studied mechanism. paper reviews published evidence about beneficial effects soya mechanisms action health surpass traditionally approached such implicate regulation cellular enzymatic functions situations inflammation, thrombosis, atherosclerotic progression.