Formononetin - An isoflavone metabolite found in the liver of rats fed with soy protein isolate

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-166

  Chang, Hebron C ^a,b   Laly, Myriam ^a   Prior, Roland L ^a   Badger, Thomas M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

COMT; Formononetin; Homogenate; Isoflavone; Soy protein isolate

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 4444358981     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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