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BeschreibungDaidzein mainly comes from leguminous plants, the seeds of soybean (dadou), red clover grass, or all Pueraria roots. Its medicinal value was first recorded in Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing 2838 BC.Daidzein, one of the main soy isoflavones, is also the main component of radix puerariae (Gegen) which is the dry root of kudzu leguminous plants. Radix puerariae can reduce fever, produce saliva, and relieve diarrhea. Its chemical composition is complicated, including puerarin, xyloside, soy flavonoids, soybean flavonoid glycosides, beta-sitosterol, daidzin, daidzein. The main effective components are puerarin and daidzein

HistoryDaidzein is a kind of isoflavone compound, which was first synthetized by researchers in China. It has been widely used in drugs, food supplements, and cosmetics. Because of two phenolic hydroxyl structures, Daidzein has poor water solubility, poor liposolubility, and strong first-pass effect, leading to the low bioavailability of oral absorption, which limits its widely clinical usage. Ipriflavone is a kind of isoflavone modified from Daidzein, which has been used for the treatment of osteoporosis in Japan and some European countries. The effects of a series of amino alkoxy derivatives of ipriflavones on inhibiting the bone absorption were evaluated. The researchers found that 7-amino alkoxy derivative works best. When Daidzein was alkylated or acylated at 7-hydroxyl selectively, the stability was increased, and thus the proliferation of MCF-7 cell was inhibited.