Differential effects of short term feeding of a soy protein isolate diet and estrogen treatment on bone in the pre-pubertal rat.

BACKGROUND: Previous reports suggest that beneficial effects of soy on bone quality are due to the estrogenic actions of isoflavone phytochemicals associated with the protein. However, mechanistic studies comparing the effects of soy diet and estrogens on bone, particularly in rapidly growing animal...

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Main Authors: Jian Zhang, Oxana P Lazarenko, Xianli Wu, Yudong Tong, Michael L Blackburn, Horatio Gomez-Acevedo, Kartik Shankar, Thomas M Badger, Martin J J Ronis, Jin-Ran Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335011?pdf=render