menopausal symptoms.12 Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring,
nonsteroidal compounds derived from plants that have
biological activities similar to those of estrogen. Recently, a
novel phytoestrogen, diaryltheptanoid-D3 or (3R)-1,7-diphenyl-(
4E,6E)-4,6-heptadien-3-ol (hereafter referred to as D3), was
isolated and identified from Curcuma comosa, a member of the
Zingiberaceae family