Dietary soy-phytoestrogens decrease testosterone levels and prostate weight without altering LH, prostate 5α-reductase or testicular steroidogenic acute regulatory peptide levels in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 591-599

  Weber, K S ^a   Setchell, K D R ^a   Stocco, D M ^a   Lephart, E D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; ISOFLAVONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOYBEAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; ISOFLAVONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEANS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034834317     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1700591     Document Type: Article

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