Evolution, nutrition, intestinal microflora, and prevention of cancer: A hypothesis

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Adlercreutz, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AROMATASE; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; ESTER; FAT; FLAVONOID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ISOFLAVONOID; LIGNAN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROL; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

CANCER PREVENTION; DIET; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031936568     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-217-44228     Document Type: Review

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