Isoflavone content of rodent diets and its estrogenic effect on vaginal cornification in Pueraria mirifica-treated rats

ScienceAsia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Urasopon, Nontakorn ^a,b   Hamada, Yuzuru ^c   Asaoka, Kazuo ^c   Poungmali, Ubon ^a   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Mathematics   (Thailand)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genistein; HPLC; Phytoestrogens; Puerarin; White kwao krua

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649105152     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2008.34.371     Document Type: Article

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