Phyto-oestrogens and Western diseases

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-120

  Adlercreutz, Herman ^a   Mazur, Witold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Isoflavone; Lignan; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; GLYCOSIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; ISOFLAVONOID; LIGNAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ASIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; VAGINA DISEASE; VEGETARIAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0030976331     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899709113696     Document Type: Review

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