Soy product intake is inversely associated with serum homocysteine level in premenopausal Japanese women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 797-800

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Takami, Rieko ^b   Hayashi, Makoto ^b   Takeda, Noriyuki ^a   Yasuda, Keigo ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Isoflavones; Premenopausal women; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOFLAVONE; METHIONINE; MINERAL; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PREMENOPAUSE; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0037370063     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.3.797     Document Type: Article

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