U.S., Aug. 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07136220) titled 'A Pilot Study to Evaluate Equol and Its Effects on Menopausal Symptoms Experienced by Women in Singapore' on Aug. 08.
Brief Summary: The main aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of equol on menopausal symptoms of women. Our hypothesis is that equol producers will have milder menopausal symptoms compared to non-equol producers. Equol is known as a metabolite produced by gut microbiota from soy-related diet and has estrogen-like activity compared to the isoflavones from soybean.
Previous studies have shown that some women can produce equol from soy-related diet, but the others cannot because they don't have the bacteria which...