Phytoestrogens as alternative hormone replacement therapy in menopause: What is real, what is unknown

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-71

  Moreira, Ana C ^a,b   Silva, Ana M ^a,b   Santos, Maria S ^a,b   Sardão, Vilma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Phytoestrogens; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; PHYTOESTROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ORGANELLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOESTROGENS;

EID: 84896338551     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.01.016     Document Type: Review

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