Disruption of the female reproductive system by the phytoestrogen genistein

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Jefferson, Wendy N ^a   Padilla Banks, Elizabeth ^a   Newbold, Retha R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Ovarian differentiation; Ovary; Ovulation; Transgenerational effects

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FUNCTION; TIME; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOESTROGENS; REPRODUCTION; STILBENES;

MUS;

EID: 34247375238     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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