18-09-2014, 11:00 PM
(18-09-2014, 08:26 AM)Lotus Wrote: keep digging that hole, your days are numbered here (@ BN) , just by the mere fact of your troll harrasment.
More eveidene that disproves your troll nonsense: (Note the date of posting)
These references refer to Reishi vs 5-AR studies in-vitro and in rats, which are trumped by the single human study we have. They don't even mention a 5-AR inhibitory effect of peony. They are thus not inconsistent with what I have been saying.
Lotus Wrote:(10-07-2014, 05:04 AM)Lotus Wrote:(10-07-2014, 05:00 AM)Lotus Wrote:(10-07-2014, 12:43 AM)lovely11 Wrote: Hops raises prolactin and IGF-1 (lacking source). It's good during follicular.
Massage raises prolactin, and short intense exercise is supposed to raise IGF-1
Chasteberry is supposed to raise progesterone (lacking source), but lower excessive prolactin.
Here are estrogenic herbs... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...objectonly
Red reishi reduces DHT
White peony increases estrogen while lowering androgens.
Pueraria M. I heard on threads is both estrogenic and progestogenic.
Paeonia has been shown to positively influence low progesterone, reduce elevated androgens (testosterone) and acts to modulate estrogen and prolactin. In vitro, the active constituent paeoniflorin has been shown to affect the ovarian follicle by its action on the aromatase enzyme. Aromatase is important for follicle maturation, ovulation and corpus luteum function, steroid hormone synthesis and the regulation of the conversion of androgens to estrogens. The biofeedback in the pituitary and hypothalamus rely on aromatase to regulate prolactin and GnRH. The daily dose for Paeonia is 4.5 to 9 mL of a 1:2 dried plant extract.
http://www.townsendletter.com/Nov2004/phyto1104.htm
5α-Reductase inhibitory activity-guided fractionation of the EtOH extract of the fruiting body of Ganoderma lucidum (LEYSS.:FR.) KARST. (Ganodermataceae), which is called Reishi, or Mannentake in Japan and Lingzhi in China, led to the isolation of two active compounds which were ganoderic acid DM and 5α-lanosta-7,9(11),24-triene-15α,26-dihydroxy-3-one with an IC50 of 10.6 μM and 41.9 μM respectively. A carboxyl group of side chain of ganoderic acid DM is essential to elicit the inhibitory activity because of much less activity of its methyl ester.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16462054