by: Tobiel, Cristine, Sophia. Chemical Reactions in Medicine. Whether you are aware of it or not, we are surrounded by thousands of chemical reactions. In our group, we will be investigating chemical reactions in medicine such as aspirin, acetaminophen/paracetamol, and. We will learn about all the different chemicals in medicine and we will also classify the type of reaction it is. All the chemicals in medicine reacts in our body for health purposes.
There are no foods that contain progesterone.It's an animal hormone and never found in plants. Not even soy beans or yams! Plants such as the soy bean, Dioscorea species of yams, fenugreek and many more, contain phytosterols, two such are stigmasterol and diosgenin.
Dark leafy greens like spinach are another type of food rich in phytoestrogens which you should up in your diet. These plant-based estrogen compounds bind to the same estrogen receptor sites that xenoestrogens try to, so the idea is that if a receptor site is already occupied by a phytoestrogen, xenoestrogens cannot attach to it.