Equol production changes over time in postmenopausal women

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 573-579

  Franke, Adrian A ^a   Lai, Jennifer F ^a   Halm, Brunhild M ^a   Pagano, Ian ^b   Kono, Naoko ^c   Mack, Wendy J ^c   Hodis, Howard N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOYBEAN; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 84860887899     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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