August 28, 2007

Dandelion Increases Estrogen, Progesterone, FSH Activity

photo of dandelion, which affects hormone receptors

    A September, 2007 study from Japan found that an extract of dandelion could increase the number of sex hormone receptors found on the surface of cells. The study, which was carried out on mice, found an up-regulation of estrogen, progesterone and FSH receptors, which presumably increase the activity of whatever amounts of these hormones are present in the blood.
    As an added benefit, the extract made the mice more responsive to gonadotrophin. When this hormone was injected to mice, those that were dandelioned-up responded by producing more sex hormones.

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