Soy isoflavones are not only special because of the effect they are believed to have on health, but also, because for all practical purposes, no other food contains as significant an amount of these chemicals as does the soybean. The major isoflavones in soybeans are genistein, daidzein and glycitein.
Glucagonâs role in the body is to prevent blood glucose levels dropping too low. To do this, it acts on the liver in several ways: It stimulates the conversion of stored glycogen (stored in the liver) to glucose, which can be released into the bloodstream. This process is called glycogenolysis.
glucagon was 5 ng per ml; 2-29 glucagon, missing only the NH2-terminal histidine, bound to receptors but did not acti- vate adenylate cyclase. When 2-29 glucagon was added to native glucagon, it blocked activation of adenylate cyclase. Extracts of porcine gut that contained glucagon immunoreac- tivity also activated adenylate cyclase but were only one- tenth as potent as pancreatic glucagon; 2-29 glucagon in- hibited the effect of âgut glucagon.â Glucagon is a direct potent stimulator of insulin release (1).