Dietary administration of an extract from rosemary leaves enhances the liver microsomal metabolism of endogenous estrogens and decreases their uterotropic action in CD-1 mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1821-1827

  Zhu, Bao Ting ^c   Loder, Daniel P ^a   Cai, May Xiaoxin ^a   Ho, Chi Tang ^b   Huang, Mou Tuan ^a   Conney, Allan H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; METHANOL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDATION; HYDROXYLATION; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DIET; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HYDROXYLATION; LAMIACEAE; MICE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; NADP; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEROID 16-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; UTERUS;

EID: 0031662518     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.10.1821     Document Type: Article

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