Soy protein isolates of varying isoflavone content do not adversely affect semen quality in healthy young men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1717-1722

  Beaton, Laura K ^a   McVeigh, Brianne L ^a   Dillingham, Barbara L ^a   Lampe, Johanna W ^b   Duncan, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

healthy men; Isoflavones; semen; soy protein; sperm morphology; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; DRUG EFFECTS; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; URINE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957191902     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.055     Document Type: Article

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