Words similar to phytoestrogens
- physitemp
- phyto-
- phyto-free
- phytoceuticals
- phytochrome
- phytochrome-interacting
- phytoestrogen
- phytoestrogen-free
- phytoestrogen-rich
- phytoestrogens
- phytogenies
- phytohemagglutinin
- phytohemagglutinin-activated
- phytohemagglutinin-expanded
- phytohemagglutinin-stimulated
- phytohormone
- phytohormones
- phytolacca
- phytophora
- phytophthora
Example sentences for: phytoestrogens
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Upon arrival all animals were allowed ad libitum access to either a commercially available diet with high phytoestrogen levels (Harlan Teklad Rodent Diet 8604, Madison, WI, USA) containing 600 micrograms of phytoestrogens/gram of diet; referred to hereafter as the Phyto-600 diet, or a custom phytoestrogen-free diet; referred to hereafter as the Phyto-free diet, obtained from Ziegler Bros. (Gardner, PA, USA) and water.
Further research is warranted in order to examine this important and growing research field of endocrine disruptors to determine the true significance of phytoestrogens influence that appears to be hormonal and gender dependent.
Dietary phytoestrogens did not alter working memory as assessed by the 8-arm task in either females or males ( p > 0.05 respectively; data not shown) when these animals by diet were tested separately (by sex).
Within the radial arm maze dietary phytoestrogens significantly sex-reversed the normal sexually dimorphic expression of VSM.
Since reference memory is thought to be mediated in the frontal cortex and because males fed the Phyto-600 diet had decreased expression of CALB (a neuroprotectant factor) and increased COX-2 (an inflammatory factor prevalent in Alzheimer's disease) levels in this brain region compared to males fed the Phyto-free diet, these findings suggest that phytoestrogens, present in soy dietary sources, may alter VSM via there presence and action in the frontal cortex.
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