Genistein aglycone does not affect thyroid function: Results from a three-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3067-3072

  Bitto, Alessandra ^a   Polito, Francesca ^a   Atteritano, Marco ^b   Altavilla, Domenica ^a   Mazzaferro, Susanna ^b   Marini, Herbert ^b   Adamo, Elena Bianca ^b   D'Anna, Rosario ^b   Granese, Roberta ^b   Corrado, Francesco ^b   Russo, Silvia ^b   Minutoli, Letteria ^a   Squadrito, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; GENISTEIN AGLYCONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GENISTEIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, THYROID-STIMULATING; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77954487400     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2779     Document Type: Article

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