Human metabolism of mammalian lignan precursors in raw and processed flaxseed

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 549-555

  Nesbitt, Paula D ^b   Lam, Yi ^b   Thompson, Lilian U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose response; Enterodiol; Enterolactone; Flaxseed; Humans; Lignans; Metabolism; Plasma; Secoisolariciresinol diglycoside; Urine

Indexed keywords

ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; LIGNAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLON FLORA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033005792     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.3.549     Document Type: Article

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