The biochemistry, chemistry and physiology of the isoflavones in soybeans and their food products

Lymphatic Research and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-98

  Barnes, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXGENISTEIN; 6'' O ACETYLGENISTIN; 6'' O MALONYLGENISTIN; 8 HYDROXYGENISTEIN; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; GENISTIN; GLYCOSIDE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOFLAVONOID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PUERARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOGHURT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASIA; ASIAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAD; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; CHEESE; DAIRY CATTLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCRETION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; SOYBEAN MILK; STEROIDOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; SOY FOODS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 77949796887     PISSN: 15396851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2009.0030     Document Type: Review

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