Modulation of the pituitary and basomedial hypothalamic lysyl-aminopeptidase activities by β-estradiol and/or an aqueous extract of Physalis alkekengi fruits

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Vessal, Mahmood ^a   Rasti, Mojgan ^a,b   Kooshesh, Fatemeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Rafsenjan Univ of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

estradiol enzyme marker; estrogen antagonists; hypothalamus; lysyl aminopeptidase; Physalis alkekengi; pituitary; estradiol

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTRADIOL; LYSYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PHYSALIS ALKEKENGI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; PHYSALIS ALKEKENGI;

EID: 0029855838     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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