Does Fiber-Rich Food Containing Animal Lignan Precursors Protect Against Both Colon and Breast Cancer? An Extension of the “Fiber Hypothesis”

Gastroenterology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 761-764

  Adlercreutz, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; ESTROGEN; LIGNAN;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; EDITORIAL; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; PREVENTION; VEGETARIAN;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMISTRY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGNANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021344196     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(84)80129-8     Document Type: Article

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