Metabolism of isoflavones in human subjects

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Heinonen, Satu Maarit ^a,b   Wähälä, Kristiina ^b   Adlercreutz, Herman ^a  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biochanin A; Daidzein; Formononetin; Genistein; Glycitein; Isoflavone; Metabolism; Red clover; Soy

Indexed keywords

BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; DRUG METABOLITE; EQUOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE; O DESMETHYLANGOLENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DEMETHYLATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CLOVER; REDUCTION; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 1942459926     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022555216303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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