Increased serum and testicular androgen levels in F1 rats with lifetime exposure to soy isoflavones

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-685

  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

Dihydrotestosterone; Rat; Soy isoflavones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CASEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NOVASOY; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

TRIXIS;

EID: 3042675270     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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