Brown kelp modulates endocrine hormones in female Sprague-Dawley rats and in human luteinized granulosa cells

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 296-300

  Skibola, Christine F ^a   Curry, John D ^a   VandeVoort, Catherine ^b   Conley, Alan ^c   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen; Fucus vesicutosus; Rat; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; KELP; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOYBEAN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 13244259173     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.2.296     Document Type: Article

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