Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 574-580 , May 2009

A casein diet added isoflavone-enriched soy protein favorably affects biomarkers of steatohepatitis in obese Zucker rats

Received 28 July 2008 ,Accepted 27 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.10.020

Nutrition
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 574-580 , May 2009