Books/Book Chapters

• Birt, D.F., Hendrich, S., Anthony, M. and D.L. Alekel. 2004. Soybeans and the prevention of chronic human disease. Soybeans: Improvement, Production and Uses. J. Specht and R. Boerma, Eds. 3rd edition American Society of Agronomy, Madison WI. pp 1047-1117.
• Anderson, J.J.B. and D.L. Alekel. 2002. Skeletal Effects of Phytoestrogens in Humans: Bone Mineral Density and Bone Markers. In: GS Gilani GS, Anderson JJB (eds), Phytoestrogens and Health. American Oil Chemists' Society Press, Champaign, IL: pp 341-353.
• Anthony, M.S., Anderson, J.J.B. and D.L. Alekel. 2002. Association between soy and/or isoflavones and bone: evidence from epidemiologic studies. In: Gilani GS, Anderson JJB (eds), Phytoestrogens and Health. American Oil Chemists’ Society Press, Champaign, IL: pp 331-340.

Journal Articles

• Zheng, Y.L., Hu, J., Murphy, P.A., Alekel, D.L., Franke, W.D. and S. Hendrich. 2003. Rapid gut transit time and slow fecal isoflavone disappearance phenotype are associated with greater genistein bioavailability in women. J Nutr. 133:3110-3116.
• Moeller, L.E., Peterson, C.T., Hanson, K.B., Dent, S.B., Lewis, D., King, D. and D.L. Alekel. 2003. Isoflavone-rich soy protein prevents loss of hip lean mass, but does not prevent the shift in regional fat distribution in menopausal women. Menopause. 10(4):322-331.
• Swain, J.H., Alekel, D.L., Dent, S.B., Peterson, C.T. and M.B. Reddy. 2002. Iron indices and total antioxidant status in response to soy protein intake in perimenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 76:165-171.
• Alekel, D.L., Peterson, C.T., Werner, R.K., Mortillaro, E., Ahmed, N., and S.C. Kukreja. 2002. Frame size, ethnicity, lifestyle, and biologic contributors to areal and volumetric lumbar spine bone mineral density in Indian/Pakistani and American Caucasian premenopausal women. J Clin Densit 5:175-186.
• Matvienko, O., Lewis, D.S., Swanson, M., Arndt, B., Rainwater, D.L., Stewart, J.W. and D.L. Alekel. 2002. A single daily dose of soybean plant sterols in ground beef decreases serum total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in young mildly hypercholesterolemic men. Am J Clin Nutr. 76:57-64.
• Dent, S.B., Peterson, C.T., Brace, L.D., Swain, J.H., Reddy, M.B., Hanson, K.B. and D.L. Alekel. 2001. Circulating lipids and lipoproteins or coagulation and fibrinolytic factors do not change in response to soy protein intake in perimenopausal women. J Nutr. 131:2280-2287.
• St.Germain, A., Peterson, C.T., Robinson, J. and D.L. Alekel. 2001. Effect of isoflavone-rich soy protein isolate on menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal women. Menopause. 8(1):17-26.
• Alekel, D.L., St.Germain, A., Peterson, C.T., Hanson, K.B., Stewart, J.W. and T. Toda. 2000. Isoflavone-rich soy protein isolate attenuates bone loss in the lumbar spine of perimenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 72:844-852.
• Alekel, D.L., Mortillaro, E., Hussain, E.A., West, B., Ahmed, N., Peterson, C.T., Werner, R.K., Arjmandi, B.H. amd S.C. Kukreja. 1999. Lifestyle and biologic contributors to proximal femur bone mineral density and hip axis length in two distinct ethnic groups of premenopausal women. Osteoporos Int. 9:327-338.
• Kamath, S.K., Hussain, E.A., Amin, D., Mortillaro, E., West, B., Peterson, C.T., Aryee, F., Murillo, G. and D.L. Alekel. 1999. Cardiovascular disease risk factors in two distinct ethnic groups: Indian and Pakistani compared with American premenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 69:621-631.