The promise of phytoestrogens

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-370

  Anklesaria, Behram S ^a,b,c  

^a Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (India)

^b Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies (FOGSI)   (India)

^c South Asian Federation of Menopause Societies ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN; BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 80053286858     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.83102     Document Type: Editorial

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