Novel soy germ-based dietary supplement, SE5-OH containing natural S-Equol, examined for safety and influence on hormones in pre- and post-menopausal women

Healthy pre-and post-menopausal Japanese women who took a supplement of SE5-OH containing Natural S-equol, a novel soy germ-based ingredient under development for the management of menopausal symptoms, had measures of reproductive hormones that stayed within normal limits throughout the study. These peer-reviewed safety data were presented at the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) 2010 annual meeting. A second safety study presented at AMWA documented that SE5-OH containing Natural S-equol consumption did not change the length of menstrual cycles in healthy pre-menopausal Japanese women. An earlier peer-review study in postmenopausal Japanese women documented that those receiving...

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