Soybean isoflavones improve cardiovascular risk factors without affecting the reproductive system of peripubertal rhesus monkeys

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Anthony, Mary S ^a   Clarkson, Thomas B ^a   Hughes Jr , Claude L ^a   Morgan, Timothy M ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; isoflavones; phytoestrogens; reproductive organs; rhesus monkeys; soybean protein

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE; ISOFLAVONE; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBERTY; RHESUS MONKEY; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0030061704     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.43     Document Type: Article

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