雌马酚是大豆异黄酮的代谢产物之一,具有比大豆异黄酮更高的生物活性,但并非所有健康人群在摄取大豆异黄酮后在体内都可以产生雌马酚,不同个体间存在很大的差异,这与许多因素有关。一般来说,亚洲人群较西方欧美人群雌马酚产生者的比例略高。雌马酚具有调节内源性激素的作用,能显著减少绝经前妇女乳腺癌的发病危险,但对于绝经后女性预防乳腺癌的作用不十分明显。关于我国人群雌马酚产生能力的研究资料有待进一步丰富。 Equol is one of the metabolites of soy isoflavones, with higher biological activity than soy isoflavones, but not all healthy people in the body after uptake of soy isoflavones equol, there is a large difference between individuals The difference, which is related to many factors. In general, the Asian population is slightly higher than that of equine equol in Western and European populations. Equol has the role of regulating endogenous hormones, can significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women, but for the prevention of breast cancer in postmenopausal women is not very clear. Research data on the production of equol in Chinese population needs to be further enriched.