The action of dietary phytochemicals quercetin, catechin, resveratrol and naringenin on estrogen-mediated gene expression.

Hepatic expression of apolipoprotein (apo) II is in part modulated by estrogen-mediated stabilization of its mRNA. This stabilization is due to the estrogen-regulated mRNA stabilizing factor (E-RmRNASF) expressed in the liver in response to estrogen (Ratnasabapathy, 1995, Cell. Mol.