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Genistein Combined Polysaccharide® (GCP)

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• prostate cancer / isoflavones / soy

News & Research:

• Mushroom-supplemented soybean extract shows therapeutic promise for advanced prostate cancer - Science Daily, 2/20/13 - "Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, known as metastatic cancer, and who have had their testosterone lowered with drug therapy are most likely to benefit ... the combination of the compounds genistein and daidzein, both present in GCP, helps block a key mechanism used by prostate cancer cells to survive in the face of testosterone deprivation"
• Soy-Based Product Induces Remission in a Case of Prostate Cancer - New Hope Natural Media, 10/24/02 - "During this six-week waiting period, he took 1.5 grams of GCP per day. When the prostate tissue was analyzed after removal, no evidence of residual cancer could be found ... One barrier to this product gaining wide usage is its considerable expense. A one-month supply of GCP retails for $600"

Abstracts:

• Genistein Improves Bone Healing via Triggering Estrogen Receptor Alpha-Mediated Expressions of Osteogenesis-Associated Genes and Consequent Maturation of Osteoblasts - J Agric Food Chem 2020 Sep 8 - "Results of microcomputed tomography revealed that administration of genistein increased trabecular bone numbers and improved the bone thickness and volume. This study showed that genistein can improve bone healing via triggering ERα-mediated osteogenesis-associated gene expressions and subsequent osteoblast maturation" - See genistein at Amazon.com and iHerb.