Soy contains phytoesterogens, hormone-like compounds that bind estrogen receptors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christina Pirello: The Top 10 Foods for Great Sex] Reference

Beginning with a carbon pentagon, one possible result is the hormone-like prostaglandin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of All Life] Reference

Peptides with hormone-like activity have also been identified in other parts of the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology or Medicine 1977 - Press Release] Reference

Prostaglandins are a family of hormone-like chemicals, some of which are made in response to cell injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [NSAIDs (Advil, Aleve, Vioxx...) increases risk of first heart attack] Reference

Prempro, the drug studied by the Women's Health Initiative was a synthetic combination drug that has hormone-like effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2003] Reference

MKHIZE, J.N. (1983) Susceptibility of Tribolium confusum to an insect growth regulator with juvenile hormone-like effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Equol is a hormone-like compound that is formed when bacteria found in the digestive system metabolize another phytoestrogen.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Study Shows Compounds From Soy Affect Brain and Reproductive Development « Isegoria] Reference

They feed some of these hormone-like factors, growth factors to cows, and they then show up in milk and what the effect in humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2003] Reference

MKHIZE, J.N. (1986a) Activity of insect growth regulators with juvenile hormone-like effects against the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Our bodies use some of these derivatives to make prostaglandins, which have hormone-like regulating and communicating functions in our cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weight Loss and Essential Fatty Acids] Reference

These reconnections may be permanent, resulting in cognitive impairments, changes in emotion, learning, memory, or hormone-like chemical abnormalities.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Just saying the word makes a man feel more muscular, But now the thundering hormone-like so much else that men hold dear-is getting an overhaul by the experts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testosterone Wimping Out?] Reference

Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a hormone-like chemical used in many plastics and lined cans so commonly used by consumers that nearly every American has been exposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bisphenol A: What you need to know] Reference

However, studies have not found dong quai to have hormone-like effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

(Prostoglandins are a hormone-like substance produced by a man's body.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mywebblogs.com Master Site Feed] Reference

Bacteria talk to each other by exchanging tiny hormone-like signal molecules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

COX-2 is critical for the production of prostaglandins -- hormone-like substances that play.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Most agree that several forces are at work, from obesity to hormone-like environmental chemicals.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com News] Reference

Omega-3s work their magic by affecting the production of hormone-like molecules called prostaglandins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference

New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center shows that on a biochemical level, hormone-like molec.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

Bisphenol-A has hormone-like effects on developing reproductive and nervous systems, according to legislative reports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blog updates] Reference

Xenobiotics and Xenoestrogens are chemicals in our environment and in our food supply that have a hormone-like activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [LewRockwell.com] Reference

Prostaglandins are ephemeral, hormone-like substances, some of which are pro - and others of which are anti-inflammatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference

Scientists think the abnormalities may be linked to hormone-like chemicals in medicines and a variety of consumer products.    From Wordnik.com.  [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference

There is also concern that male infertility is on the rise, perhaps because of exposure to hormone-like chemicals in the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [HealthandAge] Reference

It was established that organisms are highly sensitive to even the smallest amount of hormone-like chemicals in the developmental stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to TV food advertisements promote imbalanced diets] Reference

Cancer pain could be considerably alleviated by blocking a specific type of hormone-like molecule produced by tumours, German scientists say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

 Vigorous exercise releases endorphins, hormone-like chemicals that are known to alleviate pain and provide a feeling of tranquility 28-31.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The cancer causing effects EDCs (endocrine-disrupting chemicals), which have hormone-like effects in the body, are now being described by scientists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medindia Health News] Reference

The drug is a synthetic prostaglandin, which is a hormone-like messenger found in both sexes that acts on stomachs, kidneys, blood vessels and the uterus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

The testing mandate was folded into the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 at a time of escalating public concerns about hormone-like chemicals in the environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [*Science* Blog Portal] Reference

Researchers have identified a hormone-like signaling system of the inner ear that sets baseline hearing sensitivity and helps protect against noise-induced hearing loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Gulf of Mexico, appear unlikely to act as endocrine disruptors - hormone-like substances that can interfere with reproduction, development, and other biological processes.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

(endocrine-disrupting chemicals), which have hormone-like effects in the body, are now b.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naughty Online] Reference