Estrogens in the daily diet: In vitro analysis indicates that estrogenic activity is omnipresent in foodstuff and infant formula

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2681-2688

  Behr, Maximilian ^a   Oehlmann, Jörg ^a   Wagner, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEQ; Endocrine disruptors; Lecithin; Phytoestrogen; Soy; Total dietary intake

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAD; CACAO; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; SOYBEAN MILK;

ADULT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80051869105     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.07.039     Document Type: Article

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