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. 2013 Nov;27(11):4406–4418. doi: 10.1096/fj.13-234617

Table 2.

Binding affinity of the coregulator SRC3 to ERα and ERβ complexes with E2 and BEs expressed as RCA values

BE ERα
ERβ
β/α
EC50 (nM) RCA EC50 (nM) RCA
E2 0.13 ± 0.004 [100] 0.12 ± 0.002 [100] [1.0]
Genistein 1.1 ± 0.1 11.30 ± 0.7 0.20 ± 0.01 61 ± 0.9 5.4
Daidzein 14.2 ± 1.1 0.88 ± 0.05 0.22 ± 0.02 54.4 ± 2.1 61.8
S-equol 16.7 ± 0.6 0.73 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 78.5 ± 4.2 108.0
R-equol 33.9 ± 1.8 0.36 ± 0.008 0.33 ± 0.1 43 ± 2.1 119.0
(±)-Equol 25.9 ± 4.2 0.47 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.11 56 ± 4.2 119.0
Biochanin A 88.8 ± 6.4 0.14 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.01 46.7 ± 1.5 334.0
Formononetin ND ND 0.53 ± 0.02 22.9 ± 1.7
Liquiritigenin 2.2 ± 0.4 4.60 ± 0.5 0.13 ± 0.01 88.9 ± 6.7 19.3

RCA = (EC50 E2/EC50 BE) × 100. β/α = RCAERβ/RCAERα. ND, not detectable.