Variations in phytoestrogen content between different mill dates of the same diet produces significant differences in the time of vaginal opening in CD-1 mice and F344 rats but not in CD Sprague-Dawley rats

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1717-1726

  Thigpen, Julius E ^a   Setchell, Kenneth D R ^b,c   Padilla Banks, Elizabeth ^a   Haseman, Joseph K ^a   Saunders, Hannah E ^a   Caviness, Gordon F ^a   Kissling, Grace E ^a   Grant, Mary G ^a   Forsythe, Diane B ^a  

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

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary phytoestrogens; Endocrine disruptors; Rodent species strain sensitivities in VO end points

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; MOUSE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; MICE; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGINA;

EID: 38749093385     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10165     Document Type: Article

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