Effects of genistein, an isoflavone, on pregnancy outcome and organ weights of pregnant and lactating rats and development of their suckling pups

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 174-182

  Tousen, Yuko ^a   Umeki, Miki ^b   Nakashima, Yoko ^a   Ishimi, Yoshiko ^c   Ikegami, Sachie ^d  

^a SEITOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genistein; Isoflavone; Pregnant rat; Suckling pups

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LIOTHYRONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; RAT; SUCKLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITORS; ISOFLAVONES; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746874872     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.52.174     Document Type: Article

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