Licorice compound interferes with sex hormones in ovary, study finds
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 14:41
in Health & Medicine
A study of mouse reproductive tissues finds that exposure to isoliquiritigenin, a compound found in licorice, disrupts steroid sex hormone production in the ovary, researchers report. This is the first study to examine the effects of this chemical on the ovary. Exposure to high levels of the compound, which the researchers call “iso,” lowered the […]