Rutgers Researchers Examine How Fungal Toxins Impact Hormones in Pregnancy
July 02, 2024
July 02, 2024
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 2 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
By Andrew Smith
A fungal toxin that hinders animal fertility and fetal development may also disrupt human sex hormones in pregnancy, according to a Rutgers Health study.
Zearalenone (ZEN), which contaminates cereal grains, meats and processed foods worldwide, is so structurally like the hormone 17-beta-estradiol (E2) that it binds with estrogen receptors. Large doses . . .
By Andrew Smith
A fungal toxin that hinders animal fertility and fetal development may also disrupt human sex hormones in pregnancy, according to a Rutgers Health study.
Zearalenone (ZEN), which contaminates cereal grains, meats and processed foods worldwide, is so structurally like the hormone 17-beta-estradiol (E2) that it binds with estrogen receptors. Large doses . . .