The effective free fraction of estradiol and xenoestrogens in human serum measured by whole cell uptake assays: Physiology of delivery modifies estrogenic activity

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-309

  Nagel, Susan C ^a   Vom Saal, Frederick S ^a   Welshons, Wade V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; BIOCHANIN A; COUMESTROL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TRITIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; DIALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLISM; SERUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031935548     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-217-44236     Document Type: Article

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