Cardiovascular consequences of life-long exposure to dietary isoflavones in the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 571, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 477-487

  Douglas, G ^a   Armitage, J A ^a   Taylor, P D ^a   Lawson, J R ^b   Mann, G E ^c   Poston, Lucilla ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Special Diets Services   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATING; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INTAKE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; ISOFLAVONES; LIPIDS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645914775     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.104125     Document Type: Article

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