Isoflavones nutritional significance

There are many excellent reviews (Messina et al., 1994 Knight and Eden, 1996 Adlercreutz and Mazur, 1997 Kurzer and Xu, 1997 Bingham et al., 1998 Humfrey, 1998 Setchell, 1998 Setchell and Cassidy, 1999) addressing the potential benefits and adverse effects of consuming diets containing isoflavones from soy foods. Although nutritional or medicinal effects are not the emphasis of this article, it is important to provide references to the current issues of health significance so that readers may obtain detailed information. 

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