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Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology and * R.O.W. Sciences Incorporated, Jefferson Laboratories, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079
2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wbranham{at}nctr.fda.gov.
Consumption of phytoestrogens and mycoestrogens in food products or as dietary supplements is of interest because of both the potential beneficial and adverse effects of these compounds in estrogen-responsive target tissues. Although the hazards of exposure to potent estrogens such as diethylstilbestrol in developing male and female reproductive tracts are well characterized, less is known about the effects of weaker estrogens including phytoestrogens. With some exceptions, ligand binding to the estrogen receptor (ER) predicts uterotrophic activity. Using a well-established and rigorously validated ER-ligand binding assay, we assessed the relative binding affinity (RBA) for 46 chemicals from several chemical structure classes of potential phytoestrogens and mycoestrogens. Although none of the test compounds bound to ER with the affinity of the standard, 17ß-estradiol (E2), ER binding was found among all classes of chemical structures (flavones, isoflavones, flavanones, coumarins, chalcones and mycoestrogens). Estrogen receptor relative binding affinities were distributed across a wide range (from 
43 to 0.00008; E2 = 100). These data can be utilized before animal testing to rank order estimates of the potential for in vivo estrogenic activity of a wide range of untested plant chemicals (as well as other chemicals) based on ER binding.
KEY WORDS: • uterus • estrogen receptor • phytoestrogen • mycoestrogen • structure-activity relationship • rats
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