The impact of dietary organic and transgenic soy on the reproductive system of female adult rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Brasil, Flávia Bittencourt ^a   Soares, Lavínia Leal ^b   Faria, Tatiane Silva ^a   Boaventura, Gilson Telles ^b   Sampaio, Francisco José Barcellos ^a   Ramos, Cristine Fonte ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endometrium; Estradiol; Ovary; Transgenic soy

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ISOFLAVONE; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC CROP; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; ISOFLAVONES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOY FOODS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UTERUS; WEIGHT LOSS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 65549159746     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20878     Document Type: Article

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