Equol producers can have low leptin levels among prediabetic and diabetic females

• Published in: Annales d'endocrinologie Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 25 - 28
• Main Authors: Sakane, Naoki, Kotani, Kazuhiko, Tsuzaki, Kokoro, Takahashi, Kaoru, Usui, Takeshi, Uchiyama, Shigeto, Fujiwara, Shinji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.02.2014; Masson
• Subjects: Adiponectin - blood; Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - analysis; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - urine; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinopathies; Equol - biosynthesis; Equol - pharmacokinetics; Equol - urine; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis; Humans; Insulin - blood; Internal Medicine; Intestines - metabolism; Intestines - microbiology; Isoflavones - metabolism; Leptin - blood; Lipids - blood; Male; Medical sciences; Prediabetic State - blood; Prediabetic State - urine; Sampling Studies; Sex Characteristics; Smoking - metabolism; Soy Foods; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrinopathy; Female; Adipokine; Diabetes mellitus; Leptin

Soy isoflavones have received great attention for their beneficial effects on health and disease, i.e., in patients with diabetes. Equol is a biologically active isoflavone-related metabolite with interindividual differences in its production. The current study investigated the relationship between...