Comprehensive evaluation of the role of soy and isoflavone supplementation in humans and animals over the past two decades

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 384-394

  Xiao, Yunqi ^a   Zhang, Shan ^a   Tong, Haibing ^a   Shi, Shourong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antioxidant; bone loss; hot flashes; Isoflavones; review

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SOY FOOD; SOYBEAN MILK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOY FOODS;

EID: 85036540308     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5966     Document Type: Review

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