Altered testicular microsomal steroidogenic enzyme activities in rats with lifetime exposure to soy isoflavones

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-446

  McVey, Mark J ^a,b   Cooke, Gerard M ^a,b   Curran, Ivan H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 HSD; CYP17; Soy isoflavones; Testicular enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL; CASEIN; CYTOCHROME P450C17; DAIDZEIN; ENZYME; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; INFANT FEEDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESPAN; MALE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MICROSOMES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOYBEANS; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244281770     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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