Induction of phytoestrogen production in Medicago sativa leaves by irrigation with sewage water

Authors :: Mordechai Shemesh
Michael Gurevich
Smadar Wininger
Laurence S. Shore
Hanna Badamy
Yoram Kapulnik
Source :: Environmental and Experimental Botany. 35:363-369
Publication Year :: 1995
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1995.
Abstract: The phytoestrogenic activity of alfalfa irrigated with sewage water was determined by radioreceptor assay (RRA) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). It was found that irrigation of alfalfa fields increased the phytoestrogenic activity measured in the leaves from 10 ng estrogen equivalents (est. eqv.) to 137 ng est. eqv. g−1, which was principally due to a rise in coumestrol (

Subjects :: endocrine system
Irrigation
business.industry
food and beverages
Sewage
Plant Science
Coumestrol
Animal origin
High-performance liquid chromatography
Horticulture
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Wastewater
Botany
Medicago sativa
business
Weed
Agronomy and Crop Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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