Genistein-induced histomorphometric and hormone secreting changes in the adrenal cortex in middle-aged rats

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-156

  Ajdžanović, Vladimir ^a   Šošić Jurjević, Branka ^a   Filipović, Branko ^a   Trifunović, Svetlana ^a   Manojlović Stojanoski, Milica ^a   Sekulić, Milka ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Aldosterone; Andropause; Corticosterone; DHEA; Genistein

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGING; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; GENISTEIN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 60549101525     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/0807-RM-231     Document Type: Article

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