Substituted flavones as aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor agonists and antagonists

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1077-1087

  Lu, Yu Fang ^a   Santostefano, Michael ^a   Cunningham, Bernadette D M ^b,c   Threadgill, Michael D ^b   Safe, Stephen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c Oncogene Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ah receptor binding; CYP1A1 induction inhibition; flavonoids

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4' AMINOFLAVONE; 4' BROMOFLAVONE; 4' CHLOROFLAVONE; 4' METHOXYFLAVONE; ALPHA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; FLAVONE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029865059     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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