Estrogenicity of the isoflavone metabolite equol on reproductive and non-reproductive organs in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 966-972

  Selvaraj, Vimal ^a   Zakroczymski, Melissa A ^a   Naaz, Afia ^a   Mukai, Motoko ^a   Ju, Young H ^a   Doerge, Daniel R ^b   Katzenellenbogen, John A ^a   Helferich, William G ^a   Cooke, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female reproductive tract; Steroid hormone receptors; Uterus; Vagina

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOYBEAN; THICKNESS; THYMUS; UTERUS WEIGHT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; ISOFLAVONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYTOESTROGENS; SOY FOODS; THYMUS GLAND; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; RODENTIA;

EID: 4243079870     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.029512     Document Type: Article

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