Estrogenic Flavonoids from Artemisia vulgaris L

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3325-3329

  Lee, Sang Jun ^a   Chung, Ha Yull ^b   Maier, Camelia G A ^c   Wood, Angela R ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^c   Mabry, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Artemisia vulgaris; Eriodictyol; Estrogen transcriptional system in yeast; Estrogenic activity; Flavonoids; Luteolin

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0000221439     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9801264     Document Type: Article

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