Resveratrol, a phytoestrogen found in red wine. A possible explanation for the conundrum of the 'French paradox'?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-620

  Kopp, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG ADDITIVE; ESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RESVERATROL; TAMOXIFEN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; FRANCE; GRAPE; GREECE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; WINE;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; STILBENES; WINE;

EID: 0031839670     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380619     Document Type: Short Survey

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