Dietary genistein exerts estrogenic effects upon the uterus, mammary gland and the hypothalamic/pituitary axis in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-269

  Santell, Ross C ^a   Chang, Yu Chen ^b   Nair, Muralee G ^b   Helferich, William G ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

genistein; mammary gland; prolactin; rats; uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OVARIECTOMY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343178294     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.2.263     Document Type: Article

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