Dose-dependent production of mammalian lignans in rats and in vitro from the purified precursor secoisolariciresinol diglycoside in flaxseed

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2012-2019

  Rickard, Sharon E ^a   Orcheson, Lindy J ^a   Seidl, Maja M ^a   Luyengi, Lumonadio ^b   Fong, Harry H S ^b   Thompson, Lilian U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

flaxseed; in vitro fermentation; lignans; rats; urine

Indexed keywords

ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; LIGNAN; LINSEED OIL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DIGLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; RAT;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS;

EID: 0029777340     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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