Lignans and isoflavonoids in plasma and prostatic fluid in men: Samples from Portugal, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom

Prostate

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-128

  Morton, M S ^a   Chan, P S F ^b   Cheng, C ^b   Blacklock, N ^c   Matos Ferreira, A ^d   Abranches Monteiro, L ^d   Correia, R ^d   Lloyd, S ^e,f   Griffiths, K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^e Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^f ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Ion exchange chromatography; Isoflavones; Lignans; Mass spectrometry; Prostatic diseases

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; EQUOL; ISOFLAVONOID; LIGNAN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE FLUID; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADULT; AGED; CHROMANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSTATE; SEMEN;

EID: 0030963042     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970701)32:2<122::AID-PROS7>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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