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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2005.34.1.027

Effects of Soy Isoflavone Intake on Urinary and Fecal Excretion of Daidzein and Genistein in Ovariectomized Rats  

Nam, Hae-Kyung (국민대학교 식품영양학과)
Kim, Sun-Hee (국민대학교 식품영양학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.34, no.1, 2005 , pp. 27-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to determine the effect of three different concentrations of soy-isoflavones on excretions through urine and feces in either sham-operated or ovariectomized female rats. Seventy-two 16-week old Sprague-Dawley rats underwent sham operation or bilateral ovariectomy. They were provided diets containing different levels of soy isoflavones for 6 weeks: 50 ppm (low isoflavone intake; LI), 250 ppm (medium isoflavone intake; MI) and 500 ppm (high isoflavone intake; HI). The subsequent fecal and urinary excretions of daidzein and genistein were then measured. In the sham operated rats, body weight gains and food efficiency ratio of the MI and HI groups were significantly lower than control group, while food intake was not different. However, there was no significant difference in ovariectomized rats. The fecal excretion of daidzein was significantly higher in the HI group than the LI and MI groups, and that of genistein increased as dietary isoflavone intakes increased in both the sham operation and ovariectomy. The reverse tendency of fecal recovery was shown with dietary isoflavone dose only in genistein among ovariectomized rats. When dietary isoflavones were increased from 50 ppm to 500 ppm, the amounts of daidzein and genistein in the urine increased dose-dependently. The higher intakes of isoflavones leaded to lower recovery rates of daidzein and genistein in the urine in the sham-operated rats but not in the ovariectomized rats. The urinary recovery was significantly higher in the LI group than the MI and HI groups in the sham-operated rats. The excreted amounts and recovery of the two isoflavones in the urine were higher in the sham operated groups than in the ovariectomized groups, which implied an increased bioavailability of isoflavones by ovariectomy. Therefore, the results suggest that a more efficient use of soy isoflavones in ovariectomized conditions may occur, which indicates that a higher dose of soy isoflavones is necessary for the postmenopausal states.
Keywords
daidzein; genistein; urinary excretion; feces; recovery;
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