Isoflavones as constituents of plant foods;Isoflavone als bestandteile pflanzlicher lebensmittel

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Kroll, Jürgen ^a   Ranters, Holger ^a   Rawel, Harshadrai ^a   Rohn, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aufnahme; Biological effects; Biologische Wirkung; Biosynthese; Biosynthesis; Content and distribution; Intake; Isoflavone; Metabolism; Metabolismus; Reactivity; Reaktivit t isoflavones; Resorption; Structure; Struktur; Vorkommen

Indexed keywords

AUFNAHME; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGISCHE WIRKUNG; CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION; ISOFLAVONE; METABOLISMUS; REACTIVITTA/ISOFLAVONES; RESORPTION; STRUKTUR; VORKOMMEN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD PRODUCTS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; METABOLISM; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NUTRITION;

EID: 3042630468     PISSN: 00120413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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