Hormone-Immunity Response of Premenopausal Women Intervened with Skim Milk Based Functional Drink Supplemented with 100 mg Soy Isoflavone and 8 mg Zn-sulfate (Susumeno)

Heri Winarsi
Deddy Muchtadi
Fransiska R Zakaria
B Purwantara

Jurnal Teknologi Dan Industri Pangan
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2004): Jurnal Teknologi dan Industri Pangan

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intervention of skim milk based functional drink supplemented with 100 mg of soy isoflavone and 8 mg of Zn-sulfate (susumeno) on serum estradiol and thymulin hormones levels of permenopausal women. After 2 month of intervention, the estradiol levels did not change, and the levels were in the range of 39,16 – 41,99 pg/ml. However the thymulin hormone levels increased significantly from 2,37 µg/ml to 3,31 µg/ml. Increase in thymulin levels shows that the disfuction of immune system of premenopausal could be improved by the functional drink. Key words : Estradiol, thymulin, soy isoflavone, Zn, premenopausal women.