Dietary seaweed modifies estrogen and phytoestrogen metabolism in healthy postmenopausal women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 939-944

  Teas, Jane ^a   Hurley, Thomas G ^a,b,c   Hebert, James R ^a,b,c   Franke, Adrian A ^d   Sepkovic, Daniel W ^e,f   Kurzer, Mindy S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 DESMETHYLANGOLENSIN; 2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; DAIDZEIN; DRUG METABOLITE; ENTEROLACTONE; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IODINE; ISOFLAVONE; MATAIRESINOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLACEBO; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALARIA ESCULENTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN EXCRETION; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEAWEED; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOYBEAN; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; AGED; BLOOD; DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEAWEED; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

EID: 65349182929     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.100834     Document Type: Article

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