Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Equol (4’7-isoflavandiol) is an isoflavandiol metabolized from daidzein a type of isoflavone by bacterial flora in the intestines. While endogenous estrogenic hormones such as estradiol are steroids equol is a nonsteroidal estrogen. However only about 30-50% of people have intestinal bacteria that make equol.
