生于叙利亚和阿拉伯的一种荒漠灌木，开白色的小花；即旧约全书中的杜松（罗腾树）；有时归入染料木属。
Desert shrub of syria and arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the old testament; sometimes placed in genus genista.
“以前，我们可能会认为，只要是异黄酮补充剂作用都差不多，但我们发现——明确的说，一种补充剂之所以有效，因为含有染料木素的缘故。”她说。
"Before, we might have assumed that any isoflavone was equally effective, but we found that for a supplement to work it was because of the genistein content specifically," she said.
染料木黄酮是在大豆中发现的一种异黄酮，它的结构类似于人的雌激素，这意味着它可以发挥雌激素样的作用。
Genistein is an isoflavone found in soybeans, which is structurally similar to the human hormone estrogen, meaning it can act like estrogen.
染料木素是一种天然的异黄酮，在体外通过活化膜纤维化跨膜转运调节氯离子通道增加上皮阴离子的转运。
Genistein, a naturally occurring isoflavone, augments in vitro epithelial anion transport via activation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel.
染料木素是一种天然的异黄酮，在体外通过活化膜纤维化跨膜转运调节氯离子通道增加上皮阴离子的转运。
Genistein, a naturally occurring isoflavone, augments in vitro epithelial anion transport via activation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator chloride channel.
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