Flaxseed, its Lignans Content and their Effect on
Hormonal Cancers in Humans

Sara Zare; Mohammad R Sabzalian; Aghafakhr Mirlohi

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Flaxseed, its Lignans Content and their Effect on Hormonal Cancers in Humans

Sara Zare*, Mohammad R Sabzalian and Aghafakhr Mirlohi

Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

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Received Date: March 01, 2022; Published Date: March 08, 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to investigate the properties of using flaxseed as one of the important sources of antioxidants and anti-cancer. Nowadays flaxseed is very popular in terms of oil, fiber, essential amino acids and lignans. In addition, flaxseed is also very important in animal nutrition. Flaxseed has been identified as the main source of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG); one of the plants phytohormones that has a phytoestrogenic effect in the human body and can affect the process of cell division and proliferation. Therefore, lignans in flaxseed can somewhat reduce the risk of hormonal cancers in humans.

Keywords:Flaxseed; Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside; Lignans; Cancer

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Sara Zare, Mohammad R Sabzalian and Aghafakhr Mirlohi. Flaxseed, its Lignans Content and their Effect on Hormonal Cancers in Humans. World J Agri & Soil Sci. 7(5): 2022. WJASS.MS.ID.000671.