The reputation of Brassica vegetables as healthy foods rests in part on the activities of diindolylmethane.

Diindolylmethane has been shown to help the body produce beneficial estrogen metabolites with anti-oxidative effects."

One in particular, diindolylmethane has been shown to support the immune system and help keep hormones in balance, particularly estrogen," the researchers said.

The phytochemicals indole-3-carbinol and diindolylmethane, found in cruciferous vegetables, has antiandrogenic and immune modulating properties.

However, the target selectivity of this molecule is also questionable because diindolylmethane is an aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulator, too.

Besides medium-chain FFAs diindolylmethane was also described as GPR84 agonist.

She tried giving Ainsley diindolylmethane, or DIM, a supplement that may or may not help a body balance its hormones.

Certain estrogen metabolites, which have been associated with obesity, chemical exposure and other causes, have been shown to derail cellular healthy, but diindolylmethane has proven to increase the good kind of hormone metabolites and decrease the kind that can challenge health, the study said.

Diindolylmethane is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

Also called diindolylmethane.