Phytoestrogens and the metabolic syndrome

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 277-289

  Jungbauer, Alois ^a   Medjakovic, Svjetlana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Licorice; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor; Pueraria; Red clover; Reverse cholesterol; Soy

Indexed keywords

3' HYDROXYGENISTEIN; 6 HYDROXYDAIDZEIN; 8 PRENYLNARINGENIN; BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; DIHYDRODAIDZEIN; DIHYDROGENISTEIN; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; FLAVONOID; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GLABRENE; GLABRIDIN; ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOXANTHOHUMOL; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LIQUIRITIGENIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHYTOESTROGEN; ROSIGLITAZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOHUMOL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HERB; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PUERARIA; PUERARIA LOBATA; RED CLOVER; SOYBEAN; SPICE;

GLYCYRRHIZA; PUERARIA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84889888966     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2012.12.009     Document Type: Review

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