Environmental influences on isoflavones and saponins in soybeans and their role in colon cancer

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1239-1242

  MacDonald, Ruth S ^a   Guo, JuYuan ^a   Copeland, Jonathan ^a   Browning Jr , Jimmy D ^a   Sleper, David ^a   Rottinghaus, George E ^b   Berhow, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caco 2; Colon cancer; Isoflavones; Saponins; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN;

CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DIET; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE; ORGAN WEIGHT; SOYBEAN; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 18344362344     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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