An extract of soy flour influences serum cholesterol and thyroid hormones in rats and hamsters

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3046-3053

  Balmir, Frantzie ^a   Staack, Richard ^a   Jeffrey, Elizabeth ^a   Berber Jimenez, M Delores ^b   Wang, Ling ^a   Potter, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; hamsters; isoflavones; rats; soy

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOYBEAN; SYRIAN HAMSTER; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030456676     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.12.3046     Document Type: Article

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